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Geology 132 Exam 1

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Era (Recent-Oldest)   show
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Cenozoic (Periods and common name)   show
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Mesozoic (Periods and common name)   show
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show Permian Pennsylvanian Mississippian Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian (570MY) "Ancient Life" - Invertabrates  
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show 4.6BY  
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Paleontology   show
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show Naturally preserved remains or traces of organisms which have lived in the geologic past. Usually found in sedimentary rocks. Indicators of environmental conditions. They enable us to study evolutionary trends. We also can make age determinations.  
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show 1. Possession of hard parts 2. Escape from immediate destruction 3. Rapid burial in a medium capable of retarding decomposition  
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show Unaltered soft parts Unaltered hard parts Altered hard parts  
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show Carbonization Permineralization Replacement  
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show Molds and Casts Tracks and Trails Burrows and Borings Coprolites Gastroliths  
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Pseudofossils (4)   show
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show Easy Identified Abundant Have a wide geographic distribution Have a limited geologic time range  
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Classification System - Order (7)   show
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Habitats of Marine Life (3)   show
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Mode of Life (3)   show
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Feeding Habits (4)   show
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Phylum Protozoa (Single-Celled)(Classification)   show
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Phylum Porifera (Sponges)(Classification)   show
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Phylum Cnidaria (Corals)(Classification)   show
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show Genus Archimedes*  
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show Class Inarticulata - Genus Lingula Class Articulata  
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Phylum Mollusca (bivalve class)(Classification)   show
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Phylum Mollusca (snails class)(Classification)   show
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show Class Cephalopoda - Subclass Nautiloidea - Genus Orthoceras - Genus Nautilus - Subclass Ammonoidea - Genus Goniatites - Genus Ceratitis - Genus Ammonites - Subclass Coleoidea - Genus Belemnites  
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Phylum Arthropoda (over 80% of all living animal species)(Classification)   show
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show Class Blastoidea - Genus Pentremites* Class Crinidea Class Asteroidea (starfish) Class Echinoidea (sea  
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show Class Graptolithina  
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show Genus Receptaculites - Ordovician Genus Archimedes - Mississippian Genus Pentremites - Mississippian  
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Phylum Protozoa (Traits)   show
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Phylum Porifera (Traits)   show
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Phylum Cnidarians (Traits)   show
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Phylum Bryozoans (Traits)   show
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show Inarticulata: - Lingula is the only one alive today - environmental indicator Articulata: - Bilateral symmetry perpendicular - Valves, fold, sulcus - Both valves preserved Neritic Benthonic Paleozoic  
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show bilateral symmetry parallel  
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Phylum Mollusca - Pelecypoda (Traits)   show
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Phylum Mollusca - Gastropoda (Traits)   show
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Phylum Mollusca - Cephalopoda (Traits)   show
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show Subclass Nautiloidea - nautilitic sutures~ Subclass Ammonoidea - goniatitic sutures (Silurian-Permian)~~ - ceratitic sutures (Permian-Triassic)~^~ - ammonitic sutures (Triassic-Cretaceous)~*~ Subclass Coleoidea - Genus Belemnites=cigar fossil  
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Phylum Arthropoda (Traits)   show
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show "spiny skin" Attached (Marine, Benthonic, Paleozoic) - Class Blastoidea - Class Crinoidea Unattached (Marine, Benthonic, Mesozoic/Cenozoic) - Class Asteroidea - Class Echinoidea  
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show looks like pencil markings carbonization Marine Planktonic Paleozoic  
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