groups most prominent Flashcards
1
Q
reefs sclerosponges = stromatoporoids
A
devonian
2
Q
Gymnosperms (conifers, etc.) - first seed plant
A
middle to late paleo
3
Q
Lycopods (coal swamps)
A
penn period
4
Q
Trilobites
A
cambrian-silurian
5
Q
Crinoids
A
late paleo
6
Q
Scleractinia - stony coral
A
late turassic
7
Q
cephalopods
A
early paelo
8
Q
placoderms - first vertibrate with jaw
A
devonian
9
Q
sharks
A
mid-creat
10
Q
Labyrinthodonts - extinct amphibian
A
late paleo - early meso
11
Q
Coelacanths - ancestor of land vertebraes
A
early-mid paleo
12
Q
pelycosaurs - reptile
A
cabrian-early perm
13
Q
Aritachs - dissapear when oceans become nutrient rich
A
early paleo
14
Q
graptolites -
A
mid paleo