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Nautiloid

Nautiloidea Agassiz 1847

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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ecomorphological guild

World Register of Marine Species
nectonic
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Nekton

Definition: Active swimming organisms that live in the water column and are able to move independently of the water mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).

Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Nekton

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Paleobiology Database
nektobenthic
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nektobenthic

Definition: Active swimming organisms that live near the bottom a body of water.

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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

358.9 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
carboniferous period
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Carboniferous

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
cenozoic era
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cenozoic

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

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mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
aragonite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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mineralized tissue contains

Mineralogy
aragonite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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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

2355

trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
carnivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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ecology literature
predator
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430

Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
predator
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430

Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting

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(adult)

type specimen repository

iDigBio type specimen records
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791

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visual system

Salvini Plawen and Mayr 1977
pinhole eyes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000048

Definition: Simple eye that has a small aperture (which may be adjustable) a deep pit, and no lens. It is only found in the nautiloids

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