biology

Orectoloboides

Orectoloboides is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Orectoloboides rather than just read about it. In short: Orectoloboides is an extinct genus of wobbegong sharks (family Orectolobidae). It was described by Cappetta in 1977.

Key takeaways

Orectoloboides belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Orectoloboides to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Orectoloboides from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Orectoloboides is an extinct genus of wobbegong sharks (family Orectolobidae). It was described by Cappetta in 1977. A new species, O. angulatus, was described from the Cenomanian age of Canada by Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.

Species Orectoloboides parvulus (Dalinkevicius, 1935) Orectoloboides multistriatus Werner, 1989 Orectoloboides reyndersi Adnet, 2006 Orectoloboides angulatus Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010 Orectoloboides gijseni Herman & Van Den Eeckhaut, 2010 Two species formerly assigned to this genus, O. glashoffi Thies, 1981 and O. pattersoni Thies, 1983, were transferred to the separate genus Ornatoscyllium by Underwood & Ward (2004).

References

External links Orectoloboides at the Paleobiology Database

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Orectoloboides

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Orectoloboides claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Orectoloboides before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Orectoloboides ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Orectoloboides

In research: Orectoloboides appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Orectoloboides in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Orectoloboides is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Extinct wobbegong genera, Fossils of Canada, Paleontology in Saskatchewan, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Orectoloboides outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Orectoloboides in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Orectoloboides means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Orectoloboides out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Orectoloboides in simple terms?

Orectoloboides is an extinct genus of wobbegong sharks (family Orectolobidae). It was described by Cappetta in 1977.

Why does Orectoloboides matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Orectoloboides?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Orectoloboides.