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Fossacallista

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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ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
infaunal
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Infaunal

Definition: Benthic animals which live within the seabed.

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

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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

41.3 million years ago

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

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
tortonian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Tortonian

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

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Paleobiology Database

11.608 million years ago

(min)

motility

Paleobiology Database
facultatively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile

Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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(adult)

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

17

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
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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