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Fossil Evidence In Southern Africa Flashcards

1
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What are ten important fossil discoveries in South Africa?

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Fossilised photosynthetic bacteria
Soft-bodied invertebrates 
Precambrian shells
Early terrestrial plants
Glossopteris
Coelacanth
Mammal-like reptiles
Early dinosaur
Early mammals
Early humans
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What fossilised photosynthetic bacteria were found?

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Cyanobacteria

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Where were the Cyanobacteria found?

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Barberton

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How old were the Cyanobacteria?

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3200 million years old

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How are fossilised microorganism preserved?

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In stromatolites

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What are stromatolites?

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Laminated rock structures that are formed by fine sedimentary rocks particles trapped and bound by growing microorganisms

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Where were the fossils of soft-bodied invertebrates found?

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In Namibia

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Where were the fossils of Precambrian shells found?

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In the Northern Cape

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Where were the fossils of early terrestrial plants found?

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Grahamstown

Eastern Cape

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10
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How old were the fossils of early terrestrial plants found?

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350 mya

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Where were the Glossopteris fossils found?

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Near mooiriver
Estcourt
In KZN

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What is the glossopteris?

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A primitive plant

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How old were the fossils of the glossopteris?

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Between 250 and 280 million years old

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What is special about the Glossopteris?

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It accounts for the largest part of Southern Africa’s coal deposits

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What are examples of mammal-like reptiles?

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Lystrosaurus

Thrinaxodon

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When did the mammal-like reptiles live?

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280 to 100 mya

17
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Where were the mammal-like reptiles found?

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In the Karoo

18
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What are mammal-like reptiles?

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Transitional forms between primitive reptiles and mammals

19
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What is an example of an early dinosaur?

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Euskelosaurus

20
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Where were fossils of Euskelosaurus found?

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Near Ladybrand in the Free State

21
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Where were other dinosaur bones found?

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In the Drakensberg

Maluti Mountains

22
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Where were fossils of early mammals found?

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In the Eastern Cape

Lesotho

23
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Where were human fossils found?

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The Cradle of Mankind in Gauteng

Sterkfontein caves

24
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What are some examples of early humans?

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Mrs Ples
Little Foot
Australopithecus sediba

25
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What are some other examples of fossils that indicate the existence of early humans?

A

Tools

Rock Drawings

26
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Where were these other indicators of humans found?

A

Limpopo
Free State
Northwest

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