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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of fossil | Eukaryotic fossil acritarch Tappania plana | ~1,500 | MYA | 113025 | Javaux EJ, Knoll AH,... |
| Fossil calibration dates | Mammals | Table - link | Myr | 112709 | Nabholz B, Glemin S,... |
| Age of oldest fossil spider | Spider | ∼300 | Million years ago | 116055 | Mammola S, Michalik P... |
| Oldest fossil spider in amber | Spider | 125 – 135 | Million years ago | 116056 | Mammola S, Michalik P... |
| First fossil evidence of multicellular eukaryotes | Eukaryotes | ~900 | Mya | 107504 | Topley and Wilson's ... |
| Characteristic efficency of fossil fuel usage | Biosphere | 38 | Percent | 100724 | Sustainable energy, Tester... |
| Rate of release of fossil-fuel derived CO2 | Biosphere | ~4.25e+14 | mol CO2/year | 116100 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |
| First unequivocal fossil evidence of eukaryotes occurs in rock | Eukaryotes | ~1,200 | Mya | 107503 | Topley and Wilson's ... |
| Total carbon stored in fossil fuels | Biosphere | 4130 | 10^15 g | 100978 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Energetic efficiency for herring production-protein output/fossil fuel input | Biosphere | 50 | Percent | 104640 | Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin... |
| Energetic efficiency for chicken production-protein output/fossil fuel input | Biosphere | 6.3 | Percent | 104638 | Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin... |
| Energetic efficiency for lamb production-protein output/fossil fuel input | Biosphere | 0.5 | Percent | 104639 | Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin... |
| Time that a recognized taxa in the fossil record lives | Generic | 1 - 10 | million years | 112640 | De Vos JM, Joppa LN,... |
| Dates of evolutionary branching points of the key genome model organisms based on fossil evidence | Various | Graph - link | N/A | 105149 | Donoghue PC, Benton MJ.... |
| Geological ages (millions of years ago), brain size (cm^3), estimated male and female body weights (kg), and posterior tooth surface areas (mm^2) for selected fossil hominid species | Primates | Table - link | N/A | 113757 | Leonard WR, Robertson ML... |
| Estimated half-life of Gly-Gly peptide bond in water at pH5.6 | Generic | at 5˚C 20,000years: at 15˚C 5,000years | years | 101437 | Collins and Gernaey-Child... |
| Age of ancient fossilized evidence of life | Biosphere | isotopic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks 3,700-3,800: stromatolites 3,700: molecular clock >4,000 | Mya | 113264 | Nutman AP, Bennett VC... |
| Thickness of shell beds (biogenic sediments) | Biosphere | paleozoic-a few centimeters to tens of centimeters: post-Paleozoic >1meter | N/A | 113321 | Smith et al., Body size... |
| Percent of polyploid flowering plants | Plants | 70 | % | 104736 | Masterson J, Stomatal... |
| Fraction of bivalves that went extinct during the end-Cretaceous event | Mollusk Bivalvia spp. | ~49 | % | 112754 | Barnosky AD et al., Has... |