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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
1. a. Radiometric dating
b. Relative dating
2. a. Superposition b. Lateral continuity c. Original Horizontality d. Cross-cutting relationships
3. 60 million years
4. I have no idea what a and b are, the pictures are pretty bad (I guess that's part of the event)
d is Elrathia, Cambrian
c is Phacops, Devonian
B is definitely heliophylum
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coprolite_dipstick wrote:
Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
1. a. Radiometric dating
b. Relative dating
2. a. Superposition b. Lateral continuity c. Original Horizontality d. Cross-cutting relationships
3. 60 million years
4. I have no idea what a and b are, the pictures are pretty bad (I guess that's part of the event)
d is Elrathia, Cambrian
c is Phacops, Devonian
B is definitely heliophylum
Either an oddly stretched-out Glossopteris or some sort of feather? Or maybe one of those weird Cambrian explosion creatures...
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This is what I get.
1. Osteichthyes
2. Tiktaalik
3. It is the transition between fish and amphibians
4. Neck that moves independently of body, tetrapod lungs, tetrapod ribs
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
1. a. Radiometric dating
b. Relative dating
2. a. Superposition b. Lateral continuity c. Original Horizontality d. Cross-cutting relationships
3. 60 million years
4. I have no idea what a and b are, the pictures are pretty bad (I guess that's part of the event)
d is Elrathia, Cambrian
c is Phacops, Devonian
I did kind of go overboard, and I decided to include a whole station.
1-3 are correct.
4. c and d are correct.
coprolite_dipstick wrote:
Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
1. a. Radiometric dating
b. Relative dating
2. a. Superposition b. Lateral continuity c. Original Horizontality d. Cross-cutting relationships
3. 60 million years
4. I have no idea what a and b are, the pictures are pretty bad (I guess that's part of the event)
d is Elrathia, Cambrian
c is Phacops, Devonian
B is definitely heliophylum
Heliophyllum is correct, although you forgot to state the period is Devonian.
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coprolite_dipstick wrote:
Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
1. a. Radiometric dating
b. Relative dating
2. a. Superposition b. Lateral continuity c. Original Horizontality d. Cross-cutting relationships
3. 60 million years
4. I have no idea what a and b are, the pictures are pretty bad (I guess that's part of the event)
d is Elrathia, Cambrian
c is Phacops, Devonian
B is definitely heliophylum
Either an oddly stretched-out Glossopteris or some sort of feather? Or maybe one of those weird Cambrian explosion creatures...
Yep, a was Glossopteris... Permian Period.

"Poor photos are a GIANT part of this event. Trust me," /me said to all of the newcomers who have yet to take a Fossils test.

EDIT: Also, I was looking for Absolute Dating for 1a, but that's not a big deal.
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: Yep, a was Glossopteris... Permian Period.

"Poor photos are a GIANT part of this event. Trust me," /me said to all of the newcomers who have yet to take a Fossils test.
lol especially when they have to mass produce tests and they're in black-in-white and sometimes the ink is running low so you have those weird streaks.
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azuritemalachite wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: Yep, a was Glossopteris... Permian Period.

"Poor photos are a GIANT part of this event. Trust me," /me said to all of the newcomers who have yet to take a Fossils test.
lol especially when they have to mass produce tests and they're in black-in-white and sometimes the ink is running low so you have those weird streaks.
Haha, don't even get me started on the Astro DSOs...when you have a literal black-and-white printer (not grayscale, but black and white), against the dark backdrop all you see are white spots.
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Dude so true. Black and white pics in rocks were awful but thank god I only had to take one of those. I agree, Astro DSO black and white is like the epitome of crappy pictures. But in fossils, black and white pictures aren't that bad and sometimes based off of the question you can figure out what the picture is. Sometimes the hardest thing is figuring out what is the actual fossil. I think my partner and I were able to do a test without any images because we knew all the stereotypical answers, etc. At least they won't give us pictures at state (unless its Texas).
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...If MagikarpMaster comes back, he can ask a question, but in the meantime:

a.
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b. Name environment, i.e. freshwater, marine, terrestrial
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d. What are the grooves on the specimen called?
e. Don't look at the picture url. PLEASEpleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease :D :!: ...

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a. Fusulinida b. Marine d. Not really sure but is it the Furrow?
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