Lagerstätten

Question 1

It is a rock formation with wonderful preservation.

From the German language meaning “Mother Lode”.

Answer 1

Lagerstatten

Question 2

These are fossils sites from which exception fossils come, with many fossils exhibiting extraordinary quality and completeness of preservation and/or a wide diversity of fauna and/or flora.

Answer 2

Lagerstatten

Question 3

Two types of Lagerstatten.

Answer 3

Konzentrat-Lagerstatten and Konservat-Lagerstatten

Question 4

Anomolously high amounts of fossil material.

Possibly by decreased rate of sedimentation.

Possibly by increased rate of organism reproduction (“bloom”).

Possibly by increased rate of organismal death.

Answer 4

Konzentrat-Lagerstatten

Question 5

— Major categories:

Answer 5

Konzentrat-Lagerstatten

Question 6

Unusually well-preserved fossils.

Often requires anoxic bottom conditions (so no
scavenging), quiet water (so bodies are not disturbed), rapid burial (to reduce possibility of mechanical destruction of material)

Sometimes preserves not only hard parts, but
impressions and/or carbonizations of soft parts; possibly even mineralized soft.

Answer 6

Konservat-Lagerstatten

Question 7

The most common genus of fish found in the Green River Formation.

Answer 7

Knightia Eocaena

Question 8

The _______ _______ is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.

Answer 8

Burgess Shale

Question 9

is a ~20 cm Enatiornithine Bird preserved in ventral view on a single slab.

Answer 9

Sulcavis Geeorum

Question 10

Are small, fossilized remains of organisms (animal, plant, or protozoa) that require magnification for study. They usually derive from the hard parts of organisms (skeletons, shells, jaws, teeth, seed coverings, etc). ___________ may be imbedded in rock or exist as loose particles within soft substrate.

Answer 10

Microfossils

Question 11

What can be the size of the smallest microfossils?

Answer 11

0.001 mm or 1 micron

Question 12

What can be the size of the largest microfossils?

Answer 12

1-2 mm

Question 13

Fossils that are greater than 2 mm in size.

Answer 13

Macrofossils

Question 14

Are tiny teeth-like apparatuses belonging to an extinct, worm-like, marine organism. They first appeared in the fossil record as far back as the Precambrian, but did not diversity fully until the Cambrian.

They lived in a wide range of habitats, and can be found in most marine rocks. The organisms were most diverse during the Ordovician and Devonian, and were wiped out during the Triassic- Jurassic mass extinction.

Answer 14

Conodonts

Question 15

Multi-chambered shell.

Answer 15

Foraminifera

Question 16

Oogonia

Answer 16

Charophyte Algae

Question 17

Spicules

Answer 17

Sponge

Question 18

Branching or fenestrate exoskeletal tubes.

Answer 18

Bryozoa

Question 19

Coiled shell

Answer 19

Snail

Question 20

Long, Conical Shell

Answer 20

Tentaculite

Question 21

Jaws

Answer 21

Polychaete

Question 22

Bivalve Carapace

Answer 22

Ostracod

Question 23

Articulating, Bivalved Shells

Answer 23

Brachiopod

Question 24

Articulating, internal skeletal ossicles

Answer 24

Crinoid

Question 25

Jaw Apparatus

Answer 25

Conodont Animal

Question 26

Tests

Answer 26

Radiolarians

Question 27

What are the Konzentrat-Lagerstatten locations?

Answer 27

1. Mongolia's Gobi Desert 2. Zhucheng, China 3. Doehle Pool, Germany

Question 28

What are the Konservat-Lagerstatten locations?

Answer 28

1. Solhofen, Bavaria, Germany 2. Mason Creek Lagerstätte, lilinois, USA 3. Green River Formation 4. Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada 5. Hunsrück Schiefer, Rhineland, Germany 6. Holzmaden Deep Water Shale, Swabia, Germany 7. Yixian and Jiufotang Formations in China

Question 29

What are the numerous amount of fossils and how many are found in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert?

Answer 29

15 Infant Protoceratops

Question 30

Concentrated amount of this fossil species are found in Zhucheng, China.

Answer 30

Sapeornis

Question 31

Two species in which concentrated amounts of their fossils are found in Doehle, Pool in Germany.

Answer 31

Pantelosaurus and Saxonicus

Question 32

Age of Konservat-Lagerstatten in Solhofen, Bavaria, Germany.

Answer 32

Late Jurassic

Question 33

Age of Konservat-Lagerstatten in Mason Creek, Lagerstatte, Illinois, USA

Answer 33

Carboniferous — Pennsylvanian

Question 34

Age of Konservat-Lagerstatten in Green River Formation.

Answer 34

Eocene Age

Question 35

Age of Konservat-Lagerstatten in Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies of british Columbia, Canada.

Answer 35

Middle Cambrian

Question 36

Age of Konservat-Lagerstatten in Hunsruck Scheifer, Rhineland, Germany

Answer 36

Early Devonian

Question 37

Age of Konservat-Lagerstatten in Holzmaden Deep Water Shale, Swabia, Germany

Answer 37

Lower Jurassic

Question 38

Age of Konservat-Lagerstatten in Yixian and Jiufotang Formations in China.

Answer 38

Early Cretaceous

Question 39

The third specimen found in Solhofen Limestone and the most spectacular specimen found to date due to its very fine feather impressions

Answer 39

Archaeopteryx

Question 40

A Cambrian-aged fossil from the Burgess Shale

Answer 40

Hallucigenia

Question 41

The specimen abundant in Holzmaden Deep Water Shale, Germany

Answer 41

Ichtyosaurs

Question 42

A famous fossil of a horseshoe crab with its wandering trace it left before dying

Answer 42

Death March

Question 43

A famous fossil containing multiple well-preserved baby and one Subadult Psittacosaurus that were buried alive by an ancient volcanic debris flow

Answer 43

Babysitter Bone Bed

Question 44

Fossil specimen found in Jianshangou Bed of the Yixian Formayion in West Laioning Province, China

Answer 44

Confuciusornis Sanctus