paleo notes Flashcards by Jords Taguibulos | Brainscape

Q

oldest known fossil

A

strelley pool stromatolite (paleo-archean)

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oldest known amphibian fossil

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icthyostega -dev

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oldest known reptile - nova scotia, canada

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hylonomus -penn

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oldest megafossil - negaunee iron fm . michigan

A

grypania-single celled-pleoproteorzoic

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first eukaryotem- canada

A

bangiomorpha - mesoproterozoic

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earliest tetrapod

A

acanthostega

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oldest palynomorph

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acritarch - meso arechean

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first reef builders

A

archaeocyathids

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first bird

A

archaeopteryx

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world’s major source of coal

A

pennsylvanian coal

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Q

melting of varangian ice

A

sauk transgression

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Q

means old wings

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archaeopteryx

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