Image of Dendroceratida Minchin 1900

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Keratosa Grant 1861

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
intermediate-level epifaunal
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/intermediateEpifaunal

Definition: Organism living on the surface of the substratum on rocks or biogenic substrates several centimeters above the seafloor.

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(adult)
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substrate-attached
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Attached

Definition: This organism is normally physically attached to the substrate upon which it lives

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extinction status

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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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first appearance

Paleobiology Database

466 million years ago

(max)
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darriwilian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Darriwilian

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

460.9 million years ago

(min)

motility

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sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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number of fossil occurrences

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4

trophic guild

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suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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