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extant
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant
Definition:
This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.
Attribution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon
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pliocene epoch
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pliocene
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International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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5.333 million years ago
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holocene epoch
URI:
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Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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actively mobile
URI:
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Definition:
uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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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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browser
URI:
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Definition:
herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.
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