Tony's Genera Review for Final

Question 1

Spriggina - T:

Answer 1

Late Precambrian

Question 2

Myllokunmingia - T:

Answer 2

Early Cambrian

Question 3

Eusthenopteron - T:

Answer 3

Devonian

Question 4

Latimeria - T:

Answer 4

modern

Question 5

Tiktaalik - T:

Answer 5

Devonian

Question 6

Ichthyostega - T:

Answer 6

Late Devonian

Question 7

Dimetrodon - T:

Answer 7

Permian

Question 8

Allosaurus - T:

Answer 8

Late Jurassic

Question 9

Utahceratops - T:

Answer 9

Late Cretaceous

Question 10

Kosmoceratops - T:

Answer 10

Late Cretaceous

Question 11

Eomaia - T:

Answer 11

Early Cretaceous

Question 12

Palaeomastodon - T:

Answer 12

Eocene

Question 13

Mammut - T:

Answer 13

Miocene-Pleistocene

Question 14

Mammuthus - T:

Answer 14

Pleistocene-Holocene

Question 15

Elephas - T:

Answer 15

Holocene

Question 16

Loxodonta - T:

Answer 16

Holocene

Question 17

Pakicetus - T:

Answer 17

Eocene

Question 18

Plesiadapis - T:

Answer 18

Paleocene

Question 19

Rooneyia - T:

Answer 19

Oligocene

Question 20

Dryopithecus - T:

Answer 20

Miocene

Question 21

Australopithecus - T:

Answer 21

Pliocene

Question 22

Homo - T:

Answer 22

Pleistocene-Holocene

Question 23

Spriggina - D:

Answer 23

earliest animal with bilateral symmetry & a distinct head

Question 24

Myllokunmingia - D:

Answer 24

earliest chordate or cephalochordate??

Question 25

Eusthenopteron - D:

Answer 25

very early lobe-finned fish

Question 26

Latimeria - D:

Answer 26

modern lobe-finned fish, aka “coelacanth”

Question 27

Tiktaalik - D:

Answer 27

transitional form between lobe-finned fish & amphibian, aka “fishapod”

Question 28

Ichthyostega - D:

Answer 28

first amphibian

Question 29

Dimetrodon - D:

Answer 29

early synapsid, ancestor of mammals

Question 30

Allosaurus - D:

Answer 30

theropod saurischian dinosaur

Question 31

Utahceratops - D:

Answer 31

ceratopsian ornithischian dinosaur

Question 32

Kosmoceratops - D:

Answer 32

ceratopsian ornithischian dinosaur

Question 33

Eomaia - D:

Answer 33

earliest placental mammal??

Question 34

Palaeomastodon - D:

Answer 34

earliest proboscidean

Question 35

Mammut - D:

Answer 35

American mastodon

Question 36

Mammuthus - D:

Answer 36

mammoth

Question 37

Elephas - D:

Answer 37

modern Asian elephant

Question 38

Loxodonta - D:

Answer 38

modern African elephant

Question 39

Pakicetus - D:

Answer 39

earliest archaeocete cetacean

Question 40

Plesiadapis - D:

Answer 40

earliest primate, prosimian

Question 41

Rooneyia - D:

Answer 41

last primate to exist in North America, monkey

Question 42

Dryopithecus - D:

Answer 42

aka Proconsul, earliest hominoid??

Question 43

Australopithecus - D:

Answer 43

aka “Lucy”, “Taung Child”, “Nutcracker Man”, early hominids

Question 44

Homo - D:

Answer 44

aka “Handy Man”, “Turkana Boy”, “Java Man”, “Peking Man”, “Neanderthal Man” “Cro-Magnon Man”, & all modern humans