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Bullock et al 1983
Fairbairn 2013
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Mineralogy
Paleobiology Database
auditory system
Ladich and Popper 2004
otoliths
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q591800
Definition:
Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration and may detect acoustic signals
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ecomorphological guild
Paleobiology Database
nectonic
URI:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Nekton
Definition:
Active swimming organisms that live in the water column and are able to move independently of the water mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
Attribution:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Nekton
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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
208.5 million years ago
(max)
Paleobiology Database
rhaetian age
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Rhaetian
Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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hearing range
Ladich and Popper 2004
300 Hz
(max)
Ladich and Popper 2004
40 Hz
(min)
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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mineralized skeleton contains
Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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mineralized tissue contains
Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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Mineralogy
apatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52254
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the general formula Ca5(PO4)3X where X = OH, F or Cl
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motility
Paleobiology Database
actively mobile
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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(adult)
number of fossil occurrences
Paleobiology Database
4277
sensory system
Bullock et al 1983
electroreception
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1326528
Definition:
detection and measurement of weak electric fields, via specialized sense organs and brain structures that process this information
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sexual system
Fairbairn 2013
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
Paleobiology Database
carnivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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