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Volcano

Event Card
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A volcano has erupted, wiping out larger reptiles in this land or water area.
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A volcano is a rupture on the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. Earth’s volcanoes occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its […] read more

Gnetales

Gnetales order
Scale 9 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Gnetophyta, Gnetopsida

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Gnetales are an evolutionary step between cone-bearing conifers and modern flowering plants, displaying BOTH cones and flowers.

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Gnetum is a genus of gymnosperms, the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae and order Gnetales. They are tropical evergreen trees, shrubs and lianas. Unlike other gymnosperms they possess vessel elementsin the xylem. Some species have been proposed to have been the first plants to be insect pollinated as their fossils occur in association with […] read more

Paleomattea

Paleomattea deliciosa
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Animalia, Anthropoda, Malacostraca

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The name of this shellfish means “ancient delicacy” and is derived from the Latin word deliciosa which means delicious.

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Paleomattea is an extinct genus of prawn, containing the single species Paleomattea deliciosa.[1] The species is only known from the stomach contents of the fish Rhacolepis, which is referred to by the specific epithet deliciosa (“delicious”), and in the generic name, where mattea means “delicacy“.[2] (From Wikipedia, February 2015) read more

Beurlenia

Beurlenia genus
Scale 4 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Animalia, Anthropoda, Malacostraca

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This extinct shrimp is named after the German paleontologist Karl Beurlen (1901-1985), who studied fossils in Brazil.

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Beurlenia araripensis is an extinct species of shrimp in its own genus, Beurlenia.[1] It is named after the German palaeontologist Karl Beurlen (1901–1985).[2] (From Wikipedia, February 2015) read more

Brachyphyllum

Brachyphyllum
Scale 9 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Pinophyta, Pinopsida

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These coniferous trees lived all over the globe during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

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Brachyphyllum is an extinct genus of plants belonging to Araucariaceae. They were found around the globe during the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous period.[1] (From Wikipedia, February 2015) read more

Clam

Bivalvia class
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia

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The organs of clams are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen.

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“Clam” is an informal term used to refer to bivalve molluscs. They first appeared in Cambrian age rocks 510 million years ago. [1] They presently live in both freshwater and marine habitats, and range in adult size from nearly microscopic to the giant clam, which can weigh 200 kilograms (440 lbs). Some have life cycles […] read more