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Decks in this class (26)

lecture 1 - the fossil record
What are the four main divisions ...,
What are the three eras of the ph...,
How do early middle late time dif...
12  cards
lab/lecture 1: microfossils
What are microfossils 1,
What are calcareous microfossils ...,
What are siliceous microfossils g...
20  cards
lecture 2 - variation in fossils
How were species viewed before da...,
What is darwin s view of variation 2,
List four causes of fossil variat...
14  cards
lab/lecture 2: protists 1
What are the defining features of...,
Identify key features in this liv...,
Describe the function of pseudopo...
15  cards
lecture 3 - species and speciation
Distinguish between population va...,
Define gene pool and deme 2,
How does natural selection act on...
17  cards
lab/lecture 3: first reefs
What are stromatolites 1,
Where do stromatolites grow today 2,
Describe stromatolite fossils 3
14  cards
lecture 4 - systematics
What is systematics 1,
Define taxonomy and its key compo...,
How are species names formatted p...
12  cards
lab lecture 4: spongiaria
0  cards
lecture 5 - extinction
What is extinction 1,
What percentage of all species th...,
Contrast background and mass exti...
14  cards
lab/lecture 5: cnidaria
0  cards
lecture 6 - paleoecology
What is paleoecology 1,
Contrast autecology and synecology 2,
List the levels of ecological hie...
12  cards
lab/lecture 6: bryozoans
0  cards
lecture 7 - biostratigraphy - paleobiology
will be used for field trip
14  cards
lab/lecture 7: brachiopoda
0  cards
lab/lecture 8: molusca general
What is the basic body plan of mo...,
Describe phylum mollusca fossils 2,
Describe class polyplacophora fos...
10  cards
lab/lecture 9: molusca gastropoda
What s the basic body plan of phy...,
What happens during torsion in ga...,
Describe class gastropoda fossils 3
15  cards
lab/lecture 10: mollusca bivalvia
Describe class bivalvia 1,
Describe subclass palaeotaxodonta 2,
Describe subclass cryptodonta 3
17  cards
lab/lecture 11: mollusca-cephalopoda 1
Describe class cephalopoda 1,
Describe subclass nautiloidea 2,
Describe subclass ammonoidea 3
15  cards
lab/lecture 12: cephalopoda 2
Describe subclass ammonoidea 1,
Describe goniatitic sutures 2,
Describe ceratitic sutures 3
16  cards
lab/lecture 13: arthropoda 1 - trilobites
Describe phylum arthropoda 1,
Describe subphylum trilobitomorpha 2,
Describe holochroal eyes 3
17  cards
lab/lecture 14 echinodermata
Describe phylum echinodermata 1,
Describe stereom 2,
Describe the water vascular system 3
14  cards
lab/lecture 14b: hemichordate
Describe phylum hemichordata 1,
Describe class enteropneusta 2,
Describe class pterobranchia 3
9  cards
lecture vertebrates 1 - fish to reptiles
Describe subphylum vertebrata 1,
Describe superclass agnatha 2,
Describe class conodonts 3
18  cards
snyapsids and mammals
Describe clade synapsida 1,
Describe order therapsida 2,
Describe class mammalia 3
14  cards
general terms
What is paleobiology 1,
What is a fossil 2,
What is a body fossil 3
29  cards
miles' spreadsheet
What phylum does class polyplacop...,
What phylum does class gastropoda...,
What class does subclass prosobra...
61  cards

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