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Sand Tigers

Odontaspididae

are eaten by

Global Biotic Interactions

Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 (Grey Nurse Shark)

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

145 million years ago

(max)
Paleobiology Database
cretaceous period
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Cretaceous

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

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habitat

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World Register of Marine Species
marine pelagic
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000023

Definition: The marine pelagic biome (pelagic meaning open sea) is that of the marine water column, from the surface to the greatest depths.

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World Register of Marine Species
tropical ocean
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TropicalOcean

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World Register of Marine Species
temperate ocean
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperateOcean

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World Register of Marine Species
sea sand
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002118

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World Register of Marine Species
tropical
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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hearing range

Ladich and Popper 2004

300 Hz

(max)
Ladich and Popper 2004

40 Hz

(min)

last appearance

Paleobiology Database
pleistocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Pleistocene

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

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Paleobiology Database

0.0117 million years ago

(min)

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 dna records in ggbn

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage

10

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

1076

number of public records in bold

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage

88
Barcode of Life Data Systems

88

number of records in bold

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage

139

number of records in gbif

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage

8715

number of references in bhl

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage

127

number of sequences in genbank

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage

163

number of specimens in ggbn

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage

2

records in bold?

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
yes
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes

Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.

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records in gbif?

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
yes
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes

Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.

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references in bhl?

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
yes
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes

Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.

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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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sequences in genbank?

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
yes
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes

Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.

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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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specimens in ggbn?

NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
yes
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/yes

Definition: This statement is true; the answer to this question is yes.

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trophic level

Paleobiology Database
carnivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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