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Scincidae (skinks) is a family of
Squamata
.
EOL has data for
25 attributes
, including:
first appearance
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
Definition:
The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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85.8 million years ago
habitat includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
Definition:
The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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montane
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000342
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last appearance
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
Definition:
The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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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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motility
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
Definition:
ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
Attribution:
http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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skeletal tissue composition
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000106
Definition:
The composition of a skeletal tissue.
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hydroxylapatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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skinks includes
272 children
:
Novoeumeces
Brachymeles
Lacertoides Sadlier, Shea & Bauer 1997
Paracontias Mocquard 1894
Larutia Bohme 1981
Eugongylus Fitzinger 1843
Chioninia Gray 1845
Haackgreerius Greer & Haacke 1982
Leiolopisma vittigerum
ssp.
microcercum
Aethesia Hutchinson & Scanlon 2009
Penemabuya Gao & Fox 1996
Panopa
Exila Hedges & Conn 2012
Ablepharus Fitzinger 1823
Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann 1834
Minervascincus Wells & Wellington 1983
Leiolopisma cherriei
ssp.
lampropholis
Mabuya maculilabris
ssp.
casuarinae
Phaeoscincus ouinensis
Sadlier, Shea & Bauer 2014
Mabuya aurata
ssp.
fellowsii
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Rob Mann cc-by-nc-sa