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Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 10:11 am
by hmmm
Rock&Roll92 wrote:
Genus Calymene, It's rolled up for defense, compound eyes, beautiful crescent
3 is holochroal, but everything else is right.

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 11:40 am
by RockRoll92
[img]http://i64.tinypic.com/2n9kk5g.jpg[/img] 
1.) Identify the fossil to the lowest taxon on the fossil list
2.) is it considered a living fossil?
3.) What is a living fossil?
4.) What is its method of feeding?
5.) Is the shell concave or convex

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 11:57 am
by hippo9
hmmm wrote:
Rock&Roll92 wrote:
Genus Calymene, It's rolled up for defense, compound eyes, beautiful crescent
3 is holochroal, but everything else is right.
I mean holochroal eyes are a type of compound eyes....

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 12:48 pm
by wec01
Rock&Roll92 wrote:
[img]http://i64.tinypic.com/2n9kk5g.jpg[/img] 
1.) Identify the fossil to the lowest taxon on the fossil list
2.) is it considered a living fossil?
3.) What is a living fossil?
4.) What is its method of feeding?
5.) Is the shell concave or convex
1.) [i]Lingula[/i]
2.) Yes
3.) One that appears similar today as it did in the fossil record
4.) Filter feeding
5.) Convex

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 12:50 pm
by wec01
hippo9 wrote:
hmmm wrote:
Rock&Roll92 wrote:
Genus Calymene, It's rolled up for defense, compound eyes, beautiful crescent
3 is holochroal, but everything else is right.
I mean holochroal eyes are a type of compound eyes....
Yeah, but usually when that question is asked, they're looking for holochroal, schizochroal, or abathochroal

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 5:06 pm
by RockRoll92
wec01 wrote:
Rock&Roll92 wrote:
[img]http://i64.tinypic.com/2n9kk5g.jpg[/img] 
1.) Identify the fossil to the lowest taxon on the fossil list
2.) is it considered a living fossil?
3.) What is a living fossil?
4.) What is its method of feeding?
5.) Is the shell concave or convex
1.) [i]Lingula[/i]
2.) Yes
3.) One that appears similar today as it did in the fossil record
4.) Filter feeding
5.) Convex
for 5 concave but the rest are correct

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 5:28 pm
by wec01
Which period is considered:
1. the age of fishes
2. the age of crinoids
3. the age of man
4. the age of invertebrates
5. the age of reptiles

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 5:29 pm
by dchen22
Rock&Roll92 wrote:
wec01 wrote:
Rock&Roll92 wrote:
[img]http://i64.tinypic.com/2n9kk5g.jpg[/img] 
1.) Identify the fossil to the lowest taxon on the fossil list
2.) is it considered a living fossil?
3.) What is a living fossil?
4.) What is its method of feeding?
5.) Is the shell concave or convex
1.) [i]Lingula[/i]
2.) Yes
3.) One that appears similar today as it did in the fossil record
4.) Filter feeding
5.) Convex
for 5 concave but the rest are correct
Lingula is definitely ventribiconvex.
http://lanwebs.lander.edu/faculty/rsfox ... ngula.html

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 5:32 pm
by dchen22
wec01 wrote:Which period is considered:
1. the age of fishes
2. the age of crinoids
3. the age of man
4. the age of invertebrates
5. the age of reptiles
1. Devonian
2. Mississippian
3. Holocene
4. Paleozoic
5. Mesozoic

Re: Fossils B/C

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 7:00 pm
by wec01
dchen22 wrote:
wec01 wrote:Which period is considered:
1. the age of fishes
2. the age of crinoids
3. the age of man
4. the age of invertebrates
5. the age of reptiles
1. Devonian
2. Mississippian
3. Holocene
4. Paleozoic
5. Mesozoic
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