Lecture 16

Question 1

Paleoecology when you don’t have clear living counterparts use – to analyze individuals

Answer 1

analogy

Question 2

IN A STATIC WORLD – may be explained by dispersal from a site of origin

Answer 2

all biogeographic

distributions

Question 3

IN A DYNAMIC WORLD some biogeographic distributions may be explained by pre-extinction (Noah’s ark) and post-extinction (Viking funeral ship) transport by –

Answer 3

tectonic processes

Question 4

evidence for Viking ship

Answer 4

long toes and web b/t fingers

Question 5

Du Toit’s predictive geological map of Antarctica with occurences of the Permian bivlave Eurydesma at – and –

Answer 5

S. America and Africa

Question 6

Sam Carey drew a large globe to test –

Answer 6

continental drift

Question 7

bivalve latitudinal gradients showed high diversity at –

Answer 7

equator

Question 8

find – from families, genera, and species

Answer 8

north pole

Question 9

Permian bivalve cool and warm clusters –>

Answer 9

break up Asia

Question 10

Permian paleobiogeography accreted terranes of western north America

Answer 10

suspect –> exotic fusuline forams

Question 11

paleomagnetic – (to find Pacific islands)

Answer 11

latitudes

Question 12

biogeographic – (to find Pacific islands)

Answer 12

longitudes

Question 13

find Hawaii better by using –

Answer 13

larger foraminifera

Question 14

T/F: break down of Pangea downsized Pacific

Answer 14

true

Question 15

Belasky list of Permian coral genera, plotted sites, contoured biodiversity, then used low biodiversity to constrain the – of East Klamath

Answer 15

paleolongitutde

Question 16

Although the corals and fusuline forams of east Klamath are of “–” rather than
“American” type, East Klamath was close to
North America at the time

Answer 16

Asian