Geology 105: History of Life
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Homework Assignments
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Early Metazoan Fossils
Middle to Late Paleozoic Fossils
Mesozoic and Cenozoic Fossils

Middle to Late Paleozoic Fossils


Updated: 4/15/98

Search the world-wide-web for information on the following organisms. Then answer the questions and provide:
  B) A sketch of the organism
  C) The age date when the organism lived.
  D) The fossil locale where the organism was collected.
  E) The URL of the page where you found the information.
 
Due 4/22/98

1)Cooksonia
 
 
 A) Why is this plant important in plant evolution?
 
 
2)Archaeopteris
 
 
 A) Why is this organism interesting/important?
 
 
3)Sphenopteris
 
 
 A) What type of plant is this?
 
 
4)Glossopteris
 
 
 A) Why is this plant important to geologists?
 
 
5)Dunkleosteus
 
 
 A) What trophic level did this fish occupy?
 
 
6)Elpistostege
 
 
 A) Why is this fish important in vertebrate evolution?
 
 
7)Ichthyostega
 
 
 A) Did this organism spend more time on land or in the water? What is the evidence for this?
 
 
8)Hylonomus
 
 
 A) Why is this organism important in vertebrate evolution?
 
 
9)Eurypterus Make sure that you find a full body fossil, not just the head.
 
 
 A) Why is this organism important in arthropod evolution?
 
 
10)Orthotarbus
 
 
 A) This organism is related to which group of modern arthropods?