Frilled And Cow Sharks

Hexanchiformes

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Hexanchiformes (Frilled And Cow Sharks) is an order of modern sharks. There are 6 species of Frilled And Cow Sharks, in 4 genera and 2 families. This order has been around since the wordian age. It includes groups like Frill Sharks and Cow Sharks. They are carnivores.

URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Wordian
Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

auditory system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0016490
- Definition: the sensory system for the sense of hearing
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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
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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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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first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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268.8 million years ago
hearing range
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q351087
- Definition: range of frequencies that can be heard by humans or other animals
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300 Hz
mineralized skeleton contains
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/mineralizedSkeletonContains
- Definition: Component found in mineralized skeletal tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized, and which functions in mechanical and structural support.)
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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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mineralized tissue contains
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_4000013
- Definition: Component found in mineralized tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized)
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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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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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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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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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350
sensory system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001032
- Definition: Anatomical system that overlaps the nervous system and is responsible for receiving and processing sensory information.
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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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trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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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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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of frilled and cow sharks. View this species on GBIF

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Frilled And Cow Shark Habitats

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frilled and cow sharks Habitats

The environments in which many frilled and cow sharks species are known to live. Select an environment to see its frilled and cow sharks species checklist.

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