Scientists Exam 2 Geo 3180

Question 1

Rhynie Chert

Answer 1

Middle Devonian, Scotland, chertified fossils

Question 2

Mazon Creek

Answer 2

Upper Pennsylvanian, Illinois, carbonized fossils in ironstone concretions

Question 3

Wellington Shale

Answer 3

Lower Permian, Kansas & Oklahoma, carbonized fossils in shale

Question 4

Solnhofen Limestone

Answer 4

Upper Jurassic, Germany, carbonized fossils in fine-grained limestone

Question 5

Liaoning Shale

Answer 5

Upper Cretaceous, China, carbonized fossils in shale

Question 6

Green River Formation

Answer 6

Eocene, Utah, Wyoming, & Colorado, carbonized fossils in shale

Question 7

Florissant ash beds

Answer 7

Oligocene, Colorado, carbonized fossils in volcanic ash

Question 8

Baltic amber

Answer 8

Oligocene, Portland, carbonized residues lining fossil molds in amber

Question 9

Caribbean amber

Answer 9

Pleistocene, Dominican Republic, carbonized residues lining fossil molds in amber

Question 10

Late Paleozoic coal deposits

Answer 10

Pennsylvanian, Eastern North America, dominated by ferns, horestails, scale tress and gymnosperms, perserved by carbonization

Question 11

Petrified forest national park

Answer 11

Triassica, Arizona, Mostly gymnosperms; preserved by chert replacement of wood

Question 12

Late Mesozoic Coal Deposits

Answer 12

Upper Cretaceous, western North America, mostly angiosperms, perserved by carbonization