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Horseshoe Shrimps

Cephalocarida

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
low-level epifaunal
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/lowEpifaunal

Definition: Organism living on the surface of the substratum in the immediate vicinity of the seafloor.

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(adult)

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

501 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
drumian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Drumian

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
furongian epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Furongian

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

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Paleobiology Database

485.4 million years ago

(min)

motility

Paleobiology Database
slow moving
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/slowMoving

Definition: Organism that moves actively, but generally at a slow pace

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(adult)

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

1

trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
detritivore
URI: http://wikidata.org/entity/Q2750657

Definition: organism that obtains nutrients by consuming detritus

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