Paleontology 200

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Decks in this class (12)

Appearance and Anatomy
What is paleontology,
What is a fossil,
What is a feces fossil called
60  cards
Death and Fossilization
What is taphonomy,
What is the bloat and float pheno...,
What factors can contribute to di...
24  cards
Eating
What type of teeth did herbivores...,
What type of adaptations did carn...,
What are serrations on teeth
25  cards
Moving Around
What types of stances are there,
What dictates a sprawling stance,
What dictates an erect stance
24  cards
Birth, Growth, and Reproduction
What was the major evolution in t...,
What are animals who lay amniotic...,
What type of filter is the shell ...
14  cards
Attack and Defense
What type of defense do horns and...,
How do oesteoderms provide protec...,
How do cursorial limbs provide pr...
18  cards
What is a species?
Who was the swedish scientist who...,
What is taxonomy,
What system of taxonomical classi...
25  cards
Evolution
Who was the scientist who first c...,
What does evolution explain,
What are the four principles of l...
34  cards
Stratigraphy and Geologic Time
What is the principle of superpos...,
What type of rock can cut vertica...,
What is stratigraphy
50  cards
Palaeogeography and Plate Tectonics
What was the supercontinent called,
Who was the german researcher who...,
What evidence did alfred wagner u...
75  cards
Dinosaur Origins
What are fenestrae,
What are the three lineages of am...,
What types of animals are synapsids
26  cards
Dinosaur Extinction
What does extant mean,
What does extinct mean,
What is a mass extinction event
18  cards

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