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Microsus

ecomorphological guild

Paleobiology Database
fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling

Definition: An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.

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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
neogenen period
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Neogene

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

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23.03 million years ago

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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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(adult)

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

708

reproduction

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viviparous
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Viviparous

Definition: 1) Producing live offspring from within the body of the parent (Lincoln et al., 1998). 2) Development of an embryo within the body of the parent, in part, resources passing directly from parent to embryo (Barnes et al., 2006).

Attribution: Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Viviparous

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trophic guild

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browser
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/browsing

Definition: herbivore that eats parts of plants including high-growing shrubs and trees.

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Paleobiology Database
grazer
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37619060

Definition: a consumer feeding on low growing organisms, eg: a herbivore that eats parts of low-growing grasses, forbs or algae.

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