Fossil Flashcards
Classification Groups
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class
All the Fossils are this Domain
Eukaryote
All the fossils are this Kingdom
Animalia
Common Name of Porifera
Sponges
Class of Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Anthozoa common name
Corals
Bryozoa Common name
Moss animals
Brachiopoda Classes
Articulata, Inarticulata
Brachiopoda Common name
lampshell animals
Mollusca Classes
Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda
Scaphopoda common name
scaphopod
Gastropoda common name
snails
Bivalvia common name
Bivalve
Arthopoda classes
Trilobita, Crustacea
Echinodermata Classes
Echinoidea, Crinoidea, blastoidea
Cephalopodacommon name
squid, octopods
Hemichordata Classes
Graptolithina
Graptolithina common name
graptolite
Trilobite Head
Cephalon
Trilobite Middle
Thorax
Trilobite butt
pygidium
Echinoderms have this symmetry
5 sided
Echinoidea common name
echinoderm
Chrinoidea common name
chrinoid
Circular to starfish, 5 fold symmetry
Echinoidea
sea lily looking, often in groups of stalks
Chrinoidea
Platy, 5 fold symmetry
Blastoidea
Saw blade
Graptolite
Tusk shaped, hole in end
Inarticulata brachiopod
like clam but different top and bottom, symmetical
Articulata brachiopd
tusk shaped shells
Scaphopoda
smooth curly shell in or out of plane
gastropoda
assymetric clam shell
Bivalves
spiral shell in plane w/ markings
cephalopods
grid pattern
Porifera
piles of spiky bits
Porifera, sponges
made of littlestraws
Anthozoa corals
screw -like
byrozoa
twig-like
byrozoa