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Delwiche and Cooper 2015
Kubitzki et al
Paleobiology Database
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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
323.2 million years ago
(max)
Paleobiology Database
pennsylvanian sub-period
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pennsylvanian
Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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fixes
Santi et al 2013
nitrogen (n)
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_25555
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habitat
Delwiche and Cooper 2015
terrestrial
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
Definition:
A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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has toxin
Kubitzki et al
cycasin
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17074
Definition:
C8H16N2O7
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last appearance
Paleobiology Database
cenozoic era
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cenozoic
Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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leaf arrangement
Kubitzki et al
spiral
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000404
Definition:
A shape quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals).
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leaf complexity
Kubitzki et al
pinnate
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25501895
Definition:
type of compound leaf, where leaflets arise at multiple points along a common axis
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leaf venation shape
Kubitzki et al
branched
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000402
Definition:
A branchiness quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's having branches.
Attribution:
from PATO
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number of fossil occurrences
Paleobiology Database
2496
plant growth form
Kubitzki et al
manoxylic
URI:
https://eol.org/schema/terms/manoxylic_wood
Definition:
secondary vascular tissues with large amounts of softer storage cells (i.e. parenchyma) mixed with the wood or xylem cells. The stems of these plants are softer than the wood of trees we use for lumber.
Attribution:
https://sites.google.com/site/paleoplant/terminology/wood
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produces
Rockwell et al
oxygen
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379
Definition:
molecular oxygen, O2
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sexual system
Kubitzki et al
dioecious
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition:
a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.
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trophic guild
Rockwell et al
photoautotroph
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
Definition:
An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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