GLGY Flashcards
A bone fragment, which was collected from a layer with an age of 55 million years is considered _____ .
A fossil
The representative of this kingdom consist of single celled organisms with well defined nucleus within the cytoplasm.
Protista
Oldest fossil on Earth belongs to this kingdom
Bacteria
Most diverse metabolic strategies are known in the representative of this kingdom
Bacteria
The fossils of organisms that present a notochord are studies within this branch of palenotology
Vertebrate paleontology
Most of the fossils in metamorphic rocks occur in
Slate
The main condition for an organism to fossilize is…
rapid burial
A bivalve fragment consisting of pyrite was formed through this process of fossilization.
Replacement
Fossils preserved through carbonization consist of a film of this material
Graphite
Dehydration is also known as.
Mummification
____ is the fundamental level of organization of the living world in the Linnean classification.
Species
______ is the species name in Pleuropora fructicosa metameris.
fructicosa metameris
_____ is the youngest eon in the Earth’s history.
Phanerozoic
The youngest period of the Mesozoic era is _____.
Cretaceous
The oldest fossils on Earth are known from rocks assigned to this eon.
Archean
The most severe crisis in the history of life corresponds to the boundary between these periods (in stratigraphical order)
Permian/Triassic
Stromatolites consist of the representatives of this kingdom.
Bacteria
_____ is the larges component of diatom frustule.
Epitheca
Diatom frustule is of ______ nature.
Siliceous
Coccolithophorids live in these environments.
Marine waters
What does a foraminifer look like?
A flower. Petals layering upwards.
Radiolarian habitat is best described and _____ and _____.
Marine, planktic
This group of plants dominated the floral assemblages during most of the Mesozoic.
Gymnosperms
Organic substance frequently associated with the siliceous spicules.
Spongin
Modern corals are included in this group.
Hexacorals
______ are the colonial representatives of the lophophorates.
Bryozoans
What do you think lophophorates made?
Pearls
Group of molluscs with endoskeleton
Belemnites
Molluscs that have the shell consisting of one uncoiled piece
Monoplacophorans
The most primitive cephalopod shells were
Straight
Group of arthropods that became extinct at the Permian/Triassic boundary
Trilobites
Arthropod group that is considered one of the first “conquerors of land” in the late Silurian
Chelicerates
The earliest representatives of the echinoderm group had this kind of symmetry.
They were completely assymmetrical
_____ are the dominant echinoderms in the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic
Sea urchins
How many types of symmetry does an irregular sea urchin have?
2
Graptolite colony is referred to as ____.
Rhabdosome
Morphological variability as the result of organism growth from the juvenile to gerontic stages are known as _____.
Ontogenetic variability
This growth strategy that is characterized by the continuity in development of the skeletal parts.
Accretion
Sexual dimorphism is a case of _____.
Genetic variability
Kind of morphology variability induced primarily by ecological factors.
Nongenetic variability
This specimen is designated as the species name bearer by the scientist that discovered and named a species
Holotype
______ is a specimen collected much later from the same locality from which the holotype and paratypes were designated
Topotype
The most significant evolutionary achievement in the evolution from prokaryotes to eukaryotes is the _____.
Evolution of sexual reproduction
A species with a lifespan of circa one million years documents this tempo of evolution, according to the classification of GG Simpson
Tachytely
This concept of species is extensively used in paleontology
Morphospecies
Classification system in which the species are not considered objective natural entities but creations of the mind
Nominalism
Extremophiles are included within this domain of life
Archaea
The early atmosphere of Earth had a _____ character.
Reducing
The existence of oceans in the early history of the Earth ( aprrox 4.4 bya) is demonstrated witht he aid of this mineral
Zircon
Proteins are the final products of the polymerization of the
amino acids
The polymer cellulose is formed through the repetition of this organic monomer
Glucose
The oldest body fossils on Earth are known from this lithostraphic unit from Australia
Apex chert
The Isua formation crops out in____
Greenland
Living stromatolites were first discovered in _____
Shark bay
Precambrian stromatolites had a patchy distribution in the
Mesoarchean
The oldest well-documented stromatolites are known from this lithostratigraphic unit
Fig tree formation
Photosynthetic bacteria and cyanobacteria occur in this layer of a stromatolite
Growth surface
Stomatolites achieved global distribution in the _____.
Neoarchean
Stromatolite development resulted in the release in the Earth’s atmosphere of vast amounts of this gas
Oxygen
The maximum development of the Banded Iron Formation is recorded in the
Proximity of the Archean/Proterozoic boundary
Formation of the banded iron formations is associated with ____ events.
Volcanic
_____ is the oldest reg alga in the fossil record
Bangiomorpha
The earliest known organism with animal like metabolism.
Melanocyrillium
Ediacaran organisms belong to this kingdom of life.
Animalia
This Ediacaran organism demonstrates the process of cephalization
Spriggina
Which Ediacaran organism is interpreted as the ancestor of the molluscs
Kimberella
Ediacaran organisms are preserved as
Impressions
Ediacaran organism with trilateral symmetry
Tribrachidium
This Ediacaran presents an internal cavity
Kimberella
The earliest exoskeleton is demonstrated in the case of this fossil organism
Cloudina
The Precambrian/Cambrian boundary is defined at the first occurrence of this trace fossil
Trichophycus
This fossil of the Tommatian fauna demonstrates the development of a siphon
Yochelcinoella
The space between the inner and outer walls of an archaeocyathid is known as _____.
Intervallum
_____ was the earliest large sized global predator on Earth
Anomalocaris
Fossil of the Chengjian province, which demonstrates the evolution of a vertebral column.
Myllokunmingia
What is the name of the living cephalopod?
Nautilis
Where does Nautilis live?
Seasoned oceans