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what is the age of trilobites?

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Cambrian

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this is the main group of paleozoic anthropods used in the zonation of the Cambrian period

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trilobites

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in silurian and ordovician mudstones and were used to indicate rapid evol and have allowed a high resolution biostratigraphy to develop the silurian and ordovician system

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graptolites

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regional correlation purposes only in silurian rocks due to sessile lifestyle

age: silurian

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brachiopods

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age: mesozoic-cretaceous

main zone fossils for mesozoic and became extinct at the end of the cretaceous

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ammonoids

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aage devonian-carboniferous

early form of ammonoids that have been used in correlation of devonian and carboniferous rocks

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goniatites

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abundant in cenozoic rocks

age cenozoic

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gastropods

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age cretaceous

fossil of sea urchins that have been useful in correlation of regional and worldwide correlation in parts of cretaceous

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echinoderms

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age paleozoic

fossils of sea lilies that were abundant in some paleozoic limestones

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crinoids

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age devonian mississippian

contained in extensive outcrops of shallow marine limestones in devonian and mississipian and have been used as zone fossils within these strata

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corals

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age cambrian devonian

fossils in strata as old as the cambrian forams that have tests did not become established until devonian

calcareous forams became more abundant through the phanerozoic and abundant in mesozoic and cenozoic

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foraminefera or forams

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age paleozoic

important in dating deep marine deposits because their skeletons survive as siliceous ooze below CCD stratigraphic range is also greater tean forams making them important in paleozoic strata

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radiolaria

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age mesozoic cenozoic

spherical calcareous cyst of marine algae and the main constituent of some fine grained limestones such as chalk of the upper cretaceous in northwest europe

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coccolithophores

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age ordovician

zonation is applied locally in both marine and non marine envi

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ostracods

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age proterozoic phanerozoic

microscopic spiny structures made of organic material used in proterozoic and paleozoic rocks

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acritarchs

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age phanerozoic

primitive organisms found from phanerozoic through to the presesnt day and zonation are important

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dinoflagellates

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age jurassic

siliceous single celled algae

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diatoms

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age cambrian triassic

ancient worm like animals composed of calcium phosphate

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conodonts

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index fossil:

age carboniferous

clast near the base of punso conglomerate
loc:mansalay oriental mindoro
rugose coral

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permian

minilog formation
carabao island
benthic foraminifera

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neoschwagerina sp
paraschwagerina sp

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permian

minilog formation
mindoro
benthic foraminifera

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verbeekina sp

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permian

mindoro
benthic foraminifera

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schwagerina sp

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23
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permian

bacuit formation (oldest)
palawan
conodonts

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gondollela rossen krantzi

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permian

conodonts

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ozarkodina tortilis

25
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age triassic
liminangcong formation
north palawan
conodonts

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priodiodiella periodic dellides
neohindeodella uniforma

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age triassic
liminangcong formation
north palawan
radiolaria

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radiolaria

27
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age jurassic
mansalay formation
mansalay oriental mindoro
ammonites

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perisphinctes faliabulious
macrocephalites fabi
meekoceras seeleyi

28
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recent
planktonic foraminifera

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globigerina digitata

29
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age of ice age mammals
MOAS new zealand
elephant bird madagascar

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pleistocene 2.6-0.01.ma

30
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age of ice age
bearing land bridge siberai to alaska

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2.58 ma
pleistocene

31
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age of homo habilis

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2.5-1.6 ma
pleistocene

32
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age of homo erectus

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1.8-1.6 ma
pleistocene

33
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age of yellowstone lave creek tuff

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630,00 BCE
pleistocene

34
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age of homo sapiens:neanderthals

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200,000-30000
bce
pleistocene

35
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age of homo sapiens: cro magnons

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35,000-10,000 bce
pleistocene

36
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age of mt.vesuvius eruption in italy destroyed pompeii

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79 ce
hologene

37
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this is known as the interglacial period

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quaternary period

38
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age of little ice age cause dby eruption of 1600 eruption of mt. husynaputina in peru

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1600

39
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eruption of mt. tambora when

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1815

40
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year without summer due to eruption of mt. tambora

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1816

41
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largest earthquake ever recorded mw 9.5 occured in bio bio chile known as valdivia earthquake

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may 22 1960

42
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largest earthquake recorded in ph mw. 8.1 moro gulf caused by cotabato trench

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august 12, 1976

43
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eruption o fmt. pinatubo and ont of the largest euprtion in the 20th cecntury

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june 15 1991

44
Q

the group equivalent of these rank in human taxonomy

DOMAIN
KINGDOM
PHYLLUM
CLASS
ORDER
FAMILY
GENUS
SPECIES

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DOMAIN- eukarya
KINGDOM- animalia
PHYLLUM- chordata
CLASS- mammalia
ORDER-primates
FAMILY- hominidae
GENUS-homo
SPECIES-homo sapiens

45
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body of rock deposited during the time when a particular fossil organism existed

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biozone

46
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time of a fossil’s first appearance in a specific rock section

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first appearance datum FAD

47
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rock body containing the total geologic life span of distinct group of organisms

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range zone

48
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ranges of multiple taxa overlap within a single zone

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concurrent range zone

49
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FAD and LAD of multiple taxa occur within the range of another fossil range

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partial range zone

50
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local range zone is a single taxon in a single zone

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total range zone

51
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biozone defined by the range of the lineage of one taxon

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consecutive range zone

52
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biozone that consists of an assemblage or a set of several associated fossil species or genera

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assemblage zone

53
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type of biozone that contains an abundance of a single taxon

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acme zone

54
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ancient interrelationship between organisms and their envi

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paleocology

55
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ancient association of several species of organisms in particular habitat or the living part of the ecosyste,

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paleocommunity

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