Fossils B/C

[hmmm]

1. Identify this specimen to the genus and class level:


2. What is the difference between Holochroal and Schizochroal eyes? Which type of eyes does this specimen posses?

3. What are the 3 types of trilobite facial sutures?

4. Identify this specimen:

What is this specimen made of?

1.eldredgeops,trilobita
2.holochroal has 1 cornea, schizochroal has fewer lenses each with its own cornea; this is schizochroal
3.proparian, gonatoparian, opisthoparian
4. Stromatolites; sediment trapped between biofilms of cyanobacteria

[reninkidney]

1. Identify this specimen to the genus and class level:


2. What is the difference between Holochroal and Schizochroal eyes? Which type of eyes does this specimen posses?

3. What are the 3 types of trilobite facial sutures?

4. Identify this specimen:

What is this specimen made of?

1.eldredgeops,trilobita
2.holochroal has 1 cornea, schizochroal has fewer lenses each with its own cornea; this is schizochroal
3.proparian, gonatoparian, opisthoparian
4. Stromatolites; sediment trapped between biofilms of cyanobacteria

All right... Your turn!

[hmmm]

1.ID the genus
2. Which lagerstatten is it found in, which state is it found in, what period are the fossils, and which type of lagerstatten is it?

[Name]

1.ID the genus
2. Which lagerstatten is it found in, which state is it found in, what period are the fossils, and which type of lagerstatten is it?

1. coelophysis
2. ghost ranch, NM, Triassic, Konservat lagerstatten

[hmmm]

1.ID the genus
2. Which lagerstatten is it found in, which state is it found in, what period are the fossils, and which type of lagerstatten is it?

1. coelophysis
2. ghost ranch, NM, Triassic, Konservat lagerstatten

Yep, your turn

[Name]

1. ID this specimen
2. What geologic time period are they from?
3. T/F this specimen has a worldwide distribution.
4. With what other fossils are these found with? Why is this so?

[hmmm]

1. ID this specimen
2. What geologic time period are they from?
3. T/F this specimen has a worldwide distribution.
4. With what other fossils are these found with? Why is this so?

1. Platyceras
2.Silurian - Late Triassic
3.T
4.crinoid, ate its feces

[Name]

1. ID this specimen
2. What geologic time period are they from?
3. T/F this specimen has a worldwide distribution.
4. With what other fossils are these found with? Why is this so?

1. Platyceras
2.Silurian - Late Triassic
3.T
4.crinoid, ate its feces

yup, your turn

[hmmm]

1. ID genus
2. Where and by who was this fish first discovered?
3. Why is the discovery of this fish significant?
4. What is one threat to this fish's survival?

[reninkidney]

1. ID genus
2. Where and by who was this fish first discovered?
3. Why is the discovery of this fish significant?
4. What is one threat to this fish's survival?

1. Latimeria
2. South Africa, catch of Captain Hendrik Goosen and discovered by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
3. Previously thought to be extinct at the end of the Cretaceous and was 'rediscovered' without having evolved that much (living fossil).
4. Deep-sea fishing (trawling), which can accidently catch Coelacanths.