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Broom's Pygmy Possum

Burramys parvus Broom 1896

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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extinction status

Paleobiology Database
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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first appearance

Paleobiology Database
oligocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Oligocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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Paleobiology Database

28.4 million years ago

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

0.0117 million years ago

(min)
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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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

2

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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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
frugivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1470764

Definition: organism that eats fruit.

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Paleobiology Database
insectivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088

Definition: organism that eats insects.

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