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50 Cards in this Set
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Cyanobacterial Stromatolites (map view) Age: Archean - Present |
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Cyanobacterial Stromatolites (Cross-Section Age: Archean - Present |
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Prokaryote Microfossils Age: Early Proterozoic (2 Ga) Remarks: Gunflint chert |
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Acritarch Age: Middle Proterozoic (1600 Ma) - Recent Remarks: Large size and complex ornamentation identify as eukaryote microfossil |
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Name: Swartpuntia Age: Ediacaran Remarks: Impression of soft-bodied animal in sandstone |
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Genus: Dickinsonia Age: Ediacaran Remarks: impression of soft-bodied animal in sandstone |
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Phylum: Cnidaria Name: Fond and Attachment Disc Age: Ediacaran Remarks: impression of soft-bodied animal in sandstone |
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Phylum: Anthropoda Name: Spriggina Age: Ediacaran Remarks: Impression of soft-bodied animal in sandstone ("stem-group" arthropod) |
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Name: Tribrachidium Age: Ediacaran Remarks: impression of soft-bodied animal in sandstone |
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Phylum: Porifera Name: Glass Sponge Age: Phanerozoic (Cambrian - Present) |
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Phylum: Porifera Name: Archaeocyathan Age: Cambrian Remarks: Cambrian reef-builder |
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Phylum: Porifera Name: Stromatoporoid Age: Ordovician - Devonian Remarks: Ordovician to Devonian reef-builder |
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Phylum: Cnidaria Name: Solitary Coral Age: Ordovician - Permian |
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Phylum: Cnidaria Name: Colonial Coral Age: Ordovician - Permian |
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Phylum: Bryozoa Name: Bryozoan Age: Ordovician - Present Remarks: Stick shaped |
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Phylum: Bryozoa Name: Bryozoan Age: Ordovician to Present Remarks: Mound shaped |
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Phylum: Bryozoa Name: Bryozoan Age: Ordovician to Present Remarks: Screw- shaped (especially common in the Carboniferous |
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Phylum: Brachiopod Name: Brachiopod Age: Cambrian - Present (common in Paleozoic) |
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Phylum: Brachiopoda Name: Brachiopod Age: Cambrian - Present (common in Paleozoic) |
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Phylum: Brachiopoda Name: Brachiopod Age: Cambrian - Present (common in Paleozoic) |
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Phylum: Mollusca Name: Gastropod (snail) Age: Phanerozoic (Cambrian - Present) |
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Phylum: Mollusca Name: Gastropod (Snail) Age: Phanerozoic (Cambrian - Present) |
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Phylum: Mollusca Name: Gastropod (snail) Age: Phanerozoic (Cambrian to present) |
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Phylum: Mollusca Name: Bivalve (clam) Age: Phanerozoic (Cambrian - Present) |
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Phylum: Mollusca Name: Cephalopod Age: Ordovician - Devnonian |
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Phylum: Mollusca Name: Cephalopod Age: Devonian-Cretaceous |
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Phylum: Arthropoda Genus: Marella Age: Cambrian Remarks: most common fossil in the Burgess Shale |
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Phylum: Arthropoda Name: Trilobite Age: Cambrian - Devonian |
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Phylum: Arthropoda Name: Trilobite Age: Cambrian - Devnonian |
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Phylum: Arthropoda Name: Eurypterid Age: Ordovician to Permian |
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Phylum: Arthropoda Name: Ostracod Age: Ordovician to Present |
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Phylum: Echinodermata Name: Starfish Age: Ordovician to Present |
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Phylum: Echinodermata Name: Crinoid Age: Ordovician - Present Remarks: Attached to sea bottom by a stem |
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Phylum: Echinodermata Name: Crinoid Age: Ordovician to Present Remarks: Attached to seabottom by stem, feathery feeding arms |
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Phylum: Echinodermata Name: Crinoid stem pieces Age: Ordovician - Present |
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Name: Graptolite Age: Ordovician and Silurian Remarks: Ordovician graptolites are multi-branched |
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Name: Graptolite Age: Ordovician and Silurian Remarks: Silurian graptolites are unbranched |
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Phylum: Chordata Name: Placoderm (primitive armoured fish) Age: Devonian |
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Phylum: Chordata Name: Placoderm (primitive armoured fish) Age: Devonian Remarks: Skull 2m high |
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Phylum: Chordata Name: Early Amphibian Age: Carboniferous to Permian |
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Phylum: Chordata Name: Dimetrodon Age: Permian |
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Rhyniophyte Age: Silurian - Devonian - oldest flora of vascular plants |
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Trimerophyte Age: Devonian - primitive vascular plant |
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Lycopod Age: Devonian - Present - characteristic of Carboniferous floras |
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"Horsetail" Age: Devonian to Present - characteristic of Carboniferous floras |
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Progymnosperm Name: Archeopteris leaves Age: Devonian - Early Carboniferous Remarks: first woody trees |
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Progymnosperm Name: Archeopteris Age: Devonian - Early Carboniferous Remarks: first woody trees |
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Fern Age: Devonian to Recent Remarks: especially important in Carboniferous - Triassic |
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Seed Fern Age: Carboniferous - Triassic Remarks: Oldest Gymnosperms |
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Seed Fern Name: Glosspetris Leaves Age: Permian Remarks: Characteristics Permian flora of Gondwana |