Image of Gavialiceps taiwanensis (Chen & Weng 1967)

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Pike Congers

Muraenesocidae

ecomorphological guild

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

47.8 million years ago

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

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

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last appearance

Paleobiology Database

41.3 million years ago

(min)

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

1

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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