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Deeisenberg wrote: If you really want to do very well you'll need (among other things)
etymology
motion
diet
habitat
distribution
fossil range
behavior
ecology
functional morphology (what stuff does)
history
anatomy
composition
taxonomy
evolutionary biology
pop culture
index fossil
misc...

A couple questions:

What type of information would go under things like history, composition, pop culture, and index fossil?

Also, how do you usually organize your binder? I'm planning on putting in the order of the fossil list, and tabbing each section. I hope that will work.

amerikestrel wrote:What type of information would go under things like history, composition, pop culture, and index fossil?

Speaking for myself, for history I would put the fossil's history, for composition I would put its mineral composition, for index fossil I would state whether it is an index fossil and if so, for what time period, and for pop culture, I would have very little for most fossils and quite a bit about the importance of Tyrannosaurus.

E Edgar wrote:

amerikestrel wrote:What type of information would go under things like history, composition, pop culture, and index fossil?

Speaking for myself, for history I would put the fossil's history, for composition I would put its mineral composition, for index fossil I would state whether it is an index fossil and if so, for what time period, and for pop culture, I would have very little for most fossils and quite a bit about the importance of Tyrannosaurus.

Yeah, for history I'd put things like who discovered the fossil and when, though that's probably unnecessary. Composition is what mineral composition it generally has, index fossil I'd only put if it was an index fossil, and I'd say the time period, and pop culture, I'd include the common name (thing's like Devil's Toenail for gryphaea and Potoskey Stone for hexagonaria) and important appearances in the media, I guess.

(AKA Amerikestrel) if U think Fossils are boring just quit
I've been having trouble looking up info on Astraeospongia, there is only a tiny section on the Audobon guide and some terribly biref info online. Do any of you here know were to get it?

gneissisnice wrote: Yeah, for history I'd put things like who discovered the fossil and when, though that's probably unnecessary. Composition is what mineral composition it generally has, index fossil I'd only put if it was an index fossil, and I'd say the time period, and pop culture, I'd include the common name (thing's like Devil's Toenail for gryphaea and Potoskey Stone for hexagonaria) and important appearances in the media, I guess.

Thanks, that clears it up. What about for ecology? For specific species of fossils, I can't think of what kind of info you could get for that topic.

emd19: I never said fossils are boring. Sure, maybe I don't find them as interesting as some other things, but that doesn't mean I want to quit.

Edit: I'm glad to see that you finally posted on here.

I just took a fossils test on Friday. It was part ID part multiple choice test. I really hope I did well. We're getting them back before Thursday.

googlyfrog wrote:I just took a fossils test on Friday. It was part ID part multiple choice test. I really hope I did well. We're getting them back before Thursday.

Can you put it in the test exchange?

What's that?

In a book I got out of my school library, it says that the largest unit of time on the geologic time scale is the era. That contradicts what the wiki, wikipedia, and several others sites say. What is the correct answer to that?

Also, the same book says that the Precambrian is either a era or a period (I can't remember which), but according to wikipedia it's a supereon.