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Skuas
Stercorariidae
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Scott Bowers cc-by-nc
Stercorariidae (skuas) is a family of
bird
.
EOL has data for
32 attributes
, including:
first appearance
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
Definition:
The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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5.333 million years ago
habitat includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
Definition:
The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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marine habitat
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
Definition:
A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
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last appearance
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
Definition:
The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Holocene Epoch
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Holocene
Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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skeletal tissue composition
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000106
Definition:
The composition of a skeletal tissue.
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hydroxylapatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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trophic level
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicLevel
Definition:
The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
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carnivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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skuas includes
1 child
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Stercorarius Brisson 1760
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