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Dragonflies And Damselflies

Odonata

developmental mode

Insect Development
hemimetabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous

Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.

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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

242 million years ago

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

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

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geographic distribution

Mozambique Species List
Mozambique
URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973

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habitat

Paleobiology Database
freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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(adult)
Paleobiology Database
terrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446

Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.

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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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locomotion

Paleobiology Database
aerial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000366

Definition: Behavior related to the movement of an organism from one location to another through the air.

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motility

Paleobiology Database
fast moving
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fastMoving

Definition: Organism that is capable of fast, active locomotion.

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number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

1525

skeleton contains

Paleobiology Database
chitin
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17029

Definition: An aminoglycan consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
insectivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088

Definition: organism that eats insects.

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type specimen repository

GBIF national node type records UK

NHMUK

visual system

Bitsch 2005
ocelli
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758

Definition: small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens

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Bitsch 2005
compound eyes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000018

Definition: A light sensing organ composed of multiple ommatidia, visual units consisting of a limited number of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells, cornea-secreting epithelial cells, interommatidial pigment cells, and sometimes crystalline cone cells

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wing morphology

Insect Wings
macropterous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macropterous

Definition: The presence of fully functional wings.

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(adult)
Insect Wings
has wings
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings

Definition: Wings are present.

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(adult)