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11/8 - 11/13 (Cenozoic ANIMALS) Flashcards

Unit 4 (Deck #2)

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Popular Invertebrate groups name.

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Forams / Radiolaria / Corals / Bryozoans / Mollusks / Echinoids

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Info on Corals

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Take over as major reed builders / prolific in Indo-Pacific and Caribbean

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Info on Cenozoic Vegetation and Climate

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angiosperms - temperate & cool environments / gymnosperms
(especially conifers) - fringe environments, extreme north and high altitude mts

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Info on Grass!

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Most recent plant to appear / 40 mya / modern grass - 6 mya / better at tolerating high temp and dry conditions

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What Birds evolved in Paleogene?

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Ducks / Hawks / Owls / Penguins /Vultures

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T or F. Bird skeletons have changed a lot since Cretaceous.

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F! / only a few tweaks since then

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Info on rise of Mammals.

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Not very diverse thru Mesozoic / Diversify after dinosaurs go extinct / Most mammal history comes from their teeth

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Give info on Monotremes

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egg laying mammals / Separate evolutionary history from
other 2 mammal groups / Poor fossil record

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Examples of Monotremes?

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platypus and echidna

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Give info on Marsupials.

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Marsupials / Give birth to immature young, which climb into pouch to mature / Lived in Australia and SA

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Examples of Marsupials.

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Kangaroo / Wombat / numbat / sugar glider / marsupial mole and mouse

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Give info on Placentals

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Give birth to more mature, live young / offspring can see, walk, and run within mins of birth / More than 90% of mammals are placentals / Most groups evolved in Early Cenozoic

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Examples of Placentals?

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Cats / Dogs / Humans / Cows etc

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Info of mammals during Paleogene and Neogene?

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Most species are small - less than 1 kg / Include insectivores, Rodents, Rabbits, hares & Bats

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What’s a Oreodont?

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Very common mammal during Paleo & Neo / Closest relative is a camel

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What’s a Titanoboa?

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Large snake / Largest terrestrial predator of the Paleocene

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What’s a Gastornis?

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Giant bird comparable to a ostrich or emu. / 2m tall

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What’s a Uintatherium?

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Looks like a rhino but w/ 6 ball sticks on head / Early ancestor to elephants

19
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Info on Enteledont?

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Nick-named ‘Hell Pig’ / Closely related to whales and Hippos / Got a devilish face

20
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Info on Ratzilla?

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Giant rat - 10ft long, 5ft tall / 1500 lbs

21
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What’s a Synthetoceras?

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antelope like animal w/ a sling shot horn

22
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Describe a Chalicotherium.

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Horse face / gorilla stance / big back / unexplainable

23
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Info on Gomphotherium

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Ancestor Elephant (Neogene - early Pleistocene) / 4 tusks yk

24
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What’s Megalodon?

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Giant Giant Shark

25
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Examples of Insectivores? Have they changed much since 1st evolving?

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Moles / Shrews / Hedgehogs /// NO, they haven’t changed much

26
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How did Rabbits & Hares from back then compare to modern ones.

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Ancestor ones had elongated back leg bones & were larger w/ small ears

27
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Info on Bats

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Oldest fossils - Eocene (Green river - Wyoming) / resembles modern shrew w/ wings

28
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When did Primate appear? Two main groups of Primates?

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Late Cretaceous / Prosimians & Anthropoids

29
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Info on Carnivorans?

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1st appear in Pelocene / originally slow & clumsy / includes bears, seals, felines, Canines, etc..

30
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What are Ungulates? What are the 2 sub groups of Ungulates?

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Hoofed animals / Artiodactyls & Perissodactyls

31
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Info on Artiodactyls

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even toed mammals / More diverse group / 3-4 stomachs (ruminants)
& special teeth / include cattle, goats, sheep, swine, deer, etc…

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Info on Perissodactyls

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odd toed U-mammals / Only 16 species / simple digestive tract & special teeth for grazing / includes horses, rhinos, tapirs

33
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Information on ancestor Elephants.

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could grow tusks from upper jaw, some lower and some had both
Common in Ice Age / First appear in the Eocene

34
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What was originally thought abt mammoths and their tusks?

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Mammoths were predators / Tusks were upside down.

35
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examples of Pleistocene Faunas?

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Mammoths / Bison / Giant Beavers / Irish Elk / 10 ft Kangaroo

36
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What’s a Glyptodon ?

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During Mioce-Pleistocene / ancestor of armadillos.

37
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Short face bear lived when?

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Pleistocene

38
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Info on Dire Wolves?

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About the same size of modern gray wolf - a lil bigger or smaller

39
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Info on Whales?

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1st appear in Eocene / evolved out of ungulates

40
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How did whales come abt?

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Pakicetus (land mammal) want to go water — evolution happens —- bam whales emerge

41
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Pleistocene extinctions possibilities?

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Climate Change hypothesis- climate change too quick / Overkill Hypothesis

42
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What’s Great American Interchange?

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Connection between Na and SA / living SA exports: possum/armadillos / living NA exports: deer, camels, horses / 50% SA have NA origins - 20% NA have SA origins

43
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What’s La brea Tar pits?

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Tar pits that contain lot of fossils like saber tooth tigers, dire wolves,
and vultures / fossil rich

44
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Major mammoth places?

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The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD / Waco Mammoth National Monument / Ellie May

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