Fossils B/C
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This is better right....
Class
Genus
Mode of Preservation
This mode of preservation is equivalent to what in Mineralogy?
With this type of mode of preservation can you see the fossils without something (nature, humans) altering it?
Why is this genus shaped the way it is
Time Range
Describe the hinge line
Where do/did these organisms live?
PhylumClass
Genus
Mode of Preservation
This mode of preservation is equivalent to what in Mineralogy?
With this type of mode of preservation can you see the fossils without something (nature, humans) altering it?
Why is this genus shaped the way it is
Time Range
Describe the hinge line
Where do/did these organisms live?
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Re: Fossils B/C
varunscs11 wrote:This is better right....Phylum
Class
Genus
Mode of Preservation
This mode of preservation is equivalent to what in Mineralogy?
With this type of mode of preservation can you see the fossils without something (nature, humans) altering it?
Why is this genus shaped the way it is
Time Range
Describe the hinge line
Where do/did these organisms live?
Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pholadomya Mold and Cast ??? No? ??? Triassic-Recent Missing teeth shallow seas buried in sediment (now deep waters)
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Correct for the ones you answered!
I was looking for concretion but I guess cast is technically correct although you wouldn't be able to tell unless you cut the concretion open.
They are the paleontology equivalent to geodes.
The genus is shaped this way because of its unusually long siphon
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I was looking for concretion but I guess cast is technically correct although you wouldn't be able to tell unless you cut the concretion open.
They are the paleontology equivalent to geodes.
The genus is shaped this way because of its unusually long siphon
Your turn

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Oh okay.varunscs11 wrote:Correct for the ones you answered!
I was looking for concretion but I guess cast is technically correct although you wouldn't be able to tell unless you cut the concretion open.
They are the paleontology equivalent to geodes.
The genus is shaped this way because of its unusually long siphon
Your turn
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A=Mammuthus B=Mammut Mammuthus probably did not live in the Arctic because Arctic ecosystems have low primary productivities meaning that it would be near impossible for a herbivore of this size to exist (wouldn't be enough food for an herbivore of this size to exist) guard hair and undercoat? modern elephants Mammut was a browser meaning they ate trees, twigs, branches, bushes which is why their cheek teeth have high crowns meant for crushing twigs A and B probably had tusks for sexual selection and possibly acted as weapons. Could have been used for moving objects or digging A=grazer B=browser A= Pliocene-Holocene (Early) B= Miocene-Pleistocene
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Hmm... yes, the guard hair guarded against bad weather while the undercoat kept them warm.varunscs11 wrote:A=Mammuthus B=Mammut Mammuthus probably did not live in the Arctic because Arctic ecosystems have low primary productivities meaning that it would be near impossible for a herbivore of this size to exist (wouldn't be enough food for an herbivore of this size to exist) guard hair and undercoat? modern elephants Mammut was a browser meaning they ate trees, twigs, branches, bushes which is why their cheek teeth have high crowns meant for crushing twigs A and B probably had tusks for sexual selection and possibly acted as weapons. Could have been used for moving objects or digging A=grazer B=browser A= Pliocene-Holocene (Early) B= Miocene-Pleistocene
Also, you forgot to list all of the major taxonomic ranks.
Tusks were not used as weapons. They were used for mating and to dig up snow from the ground to find plants.
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Lol. I didn't read the "list all taxonomic ranks". My biggest fear for fossils is that I misbubble/miswrite things because my partner and I go so fast my hand can't keep up. Anyways, regarding the tusks, its possible that the tusks could have been used as weapons because we don't know for sure but that's what elephants use them for in addition to the other reasons.
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Maybe...varunscs11 wrote:its possible that the tusks could have been used as weapons because we don't know for sure but that's what elephants use them for in addition to the other reasons.
But the proctors will probably mark that wrong

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1. Phylum
2. Subphylum
3. Class
4. Scientific Name
5. What is the name of this specific specimen?
6. How close are this species and their modern counterparts? (percent DNA similarity)
7. How does the size of this specimens cranium differ from their modern counterparts?
8. What is the distribution of this specimen?
9. Time Period and when did they go extinct.
10. Who discovered this specimen?
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1. Phylum Chordata 2. Subphylum Vertebrata 3. Class Mammalia 4. [i]Homo neanderthalensis[/i] 5. Neanderthal man? 6. 0.12% 7. larger (1600cc vs 1400cc modern man) 8. Central/Mediterranean Europe and small part of upper middle east 9. Middle-Late Pleistocene, went extinct ~28 kya 10. Phillipe-Charles Schmerling