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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
tortonian age
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Tortonian
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International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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11.608 million years ago
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terrestrial
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
Definition:
A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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holocene epoch
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International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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locomotion
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arboreal (locomotion)
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000364
Definition:
Behavior related to the locomotion of animals in trees.
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motility
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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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number of fossil occurrences
Paleobiology Database
7
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oviparous
URI:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Oviparous
Definition:
Egg laying; producing eggs that are laid and hatch externally (Lincoln et al., 1998).
Attribution:
Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Oviparous
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trophic guild
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carnivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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