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Truncated Brachiopod

Megerlia truncata (Linnaeus 1767)

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
substrate-attached
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Attached

Definition: This organism is normally physically attached to the substrate upon which it lives

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(adult)
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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extinction status

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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

28.1 million years ago

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

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

0.0117 million years ago

(min)
Paleobiology Database
pleistocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pleistocene

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

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motility

Paleobiology Database
sessile
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1759860

Definition: organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile

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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

42

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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