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Fairbairn 2013
Namigai et al 2014
Paleobiology Database
Body symmetry
Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
Definition:
being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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ecomorphological guild
Paleobiology Database
fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling
Definition:
An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.
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first appearance
Paleobiology Database
pleistocene epoch
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pleistocene
Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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Paleobiology Database
2.588 million years ago
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habitat
Paleobiology Database
terrestrial
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
Definition:
A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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(adult)
last appearance
Paleobiology Database
0.0117 million years ago
(min)
motility
Paleobiology Database
actively mobile
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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(adult)
number of fossil occurrences
Paleobiology Database
3
reproduction
Paleobiology Database
viviparous
URI:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Viviparous
Definition:
1) Producing live offspring from within the body of the parent (Lincoln et al., 1998). 2) Development of an embryo within the body of the parent, in part, resources passing directly from parent to embryo (Barnes et al., 2006).
Attribution:
Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Viviparous
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sexual system
Fairbairn 2013
dioecious
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition:
a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.
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trophic guild
Paleobiology Database
browser
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/browsing
Definition:
herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.
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grazer
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37619060
Definition:
a consumer feeding on low growing organisms, eg: a herbivore that eats parts of low-growing grasses, forbs or algae.
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