paleontology

Question 1

what is the age of trilobites?

Answer 1

Cambrian

Question 2

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

Answer 2

trilobites

Question 3

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

Answer 3

graptolites

Question 4

regional correlation purposes only in silurian rocks due to sessile lifestyle

age: silurian

Answer 4

brachiopods

Question 5

age: mesozoic-cretaceous

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

Answer 5

ammonoids

Question 6

aage devonian-carboniferous

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

Answer 6

goniatites

Question 7

abundant in cenozoic rocks

age cenozoic

Answer 7

gastropods

Question 8

age cretaceous

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

Answer 8

echinoderms

Question 9

age paleozoic

fossils of sea lilies that were abundant in some paleozoic limestones

Answer 9

crinoids

Question 10

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

Answer 10

corals

Question 11

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

Answer 11

foraminefera or forams

Question 12

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

Answer 12

radiolaria

Question 13

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

Answer 13

coccolithophores

Question 14

age ordovician

zonation is applied locally in both marine and non marine envi

Answer 14

ostracods

Question 15

age proterozoic phanerozoic

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

Answer 15

acritarchs

Question 16

age phanerozoic

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

Answer 16

dinoflagellates

Question 17

age jurassic

siliceous single celled algae

Answer 17

diatoms

Question 18

age cambrian triassic

ancient worm like animals composed of calcium phosphate

Answer 18

conodonts

Question 19

index fossil:

age carboniferous

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

Question 20

permian

minilog formation
carabao island
benthic foraminifera

Answer 20

neoschwagerina sp
paraschwagerina sp

Question 21

permian

minilog formation
mindoro
benthic foraminifera

Answer 21

verbeekina sp

Question 22

permian

mindoro
benthic foraminifera

Answer 22

schwagerina sp

Question 23

permian

bacuit formation (oldest)
palawan
conodonts

Answer 23

gondollela rossen krantzi

Question 24

permian

conodonts

Answer 24

ozarkodina tortilis

Question 25

age triassic liminangcong formation north palawan conodonts

Answer 25

priodiodiella periodic dellides neohindeodella uniforma

Question 26

age triassic liminangcong formation north palawan radiolaria

Answer 26

radiolaria

Question 27

age jurassic mansalay formation mansalay oriental mindoro ammonites

Answer 27

perisphinctes faliabulious macrocephalites fabi meekoceras seeleyi

Question 28

recent planktonic foraminifera

Answer 28

globigerina digitata

Question 29

age of ice age mammals MOAS new zealand elephant bird madagascar

Answer 29

pleistocene 2.6-0.01.ma

Question 30

age of ice age bearing land bridge siberai to alaska

Answer 30

2.58 ma pleistocene

Question 31

age of homo habilis

Answer 31

2.5-1.6 ma pleistocene

Question 32

age of homo erectus

Answer 32

1.8-1.6 ma pleistocene

Question 33

age of yellowstone lave creek tuff

Answer 33

630,00 BCE pleistocene

Question 34

age of homo sapiens:neanderthals

Answer 34

200,000-30000 bce pleistocene

Question 35

age of homo sapiens: cro magnons

Answer 35

35,000-10,000 bce pleistocene

Question 36

age of mt.vesuvius eruption in italy destroyed pompeii

Answer 36

79 ce hologene

Question 37

this is known as the interglacial period

Answer 37

quaternary period

Question 38

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

Answer 38

1600

Question 39

eruption of mt. tambora when

Answer 39

1815

Question 40

year without summer due to eruption of mt. tambora

Answer 40

1816

Question 41

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

Answer 41

may 22 1960

Question 42

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

Answer 42

august 12, 1976

Question 43

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

Answer 43

june 15 1991

Question 44

the group equivalent of these rank in human taxonomy DOMAIN KINGDOM PHYLLUM CLASS ORDER FAMILY GENUS SPECIES

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

biozone

Question 46

time of a fossil's first appearance in a specific rock section

Answer 46

first appearance datum FAD

Question 47

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

Answer 47

range zone

Question 48

ranges of multiple taxa overlap within a single zone

Answer 48

concurrent range zone

Question 49

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

Answer 49

partial range zone

Question 50

local range zone is a single taxon in a single zone

Answer 50

total range zone

Question 51

biozone defined by the range of the lineage of one taxon

Answer 51

consecutive range zone

Question 52

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

Answer 52

assemblage zone

Question 53

type of biozone that contains an abundance of a single taxon

Answer 53

acme zone

Question 54

ancient interrelationship between organisms and their envi

Answer 54

paleocology

Question 55

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

Answer 55

paleocommunity