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1. Elrathia (Cambrian)
2. Cryptolithus (Ordovician)
3. Isotelus (Ordovician)
4. Phacops (Devonian)
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Yep! Your turn.
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Plural of genus is genera.

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1. Identify genus.
2. Identify what main reptile group it belongs to.
3. What era did it live in?
4. What is its sail used for?
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:Plural of genus is genera.

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1. Identify genus.
2. Identify what main reptile group it belongs to.
3. What era did it live in?
4. What is its sail used for?
Genus Dimetrodon
Clade Synapsida
Early Permian?
Sail was possibly used in mating or to absorb/release heat (?)
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I should have wrote "period" not "era" but yep, all good :D
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:I should have wrote "period" not "era" but yep, all good :D
Identify to the Genus
[img]http://www.fossilmall.com/Pangaea/patrilos/tr134/isotelus_maximus.jpg[/img]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asiphida
Family: Asiphidae
Genus: Isotelus
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GoofyFoofer wrote:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asiphida
Family: Asiphidae
Genus: Isotelus
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Alright...
[img]https://fossilspictures.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/pentremites-symmetricus-blastoid-01b.jpg[/img]
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