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Rafetus

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

20.44 million years ago

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Paleobiology Database
burdigalian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Burdigalian

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

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habitat

Paleobiology Database
freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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(adult)
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brackish water
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002019

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database
holocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene

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

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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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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

4

reproduction

Paleobiology Database
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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piscivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208

Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.

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

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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