Please complete the Fossil Lab Part 1 on Taxonomy, Stromatolites, Protists, Sponges, Corals, and Bryozoans. Next week we will be looking at Brachiopods, Mollusks, Arthropods, and Echinoderms.
Lab Videos at the bottom of this page.
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In this lab, there are questions that you can answer from reading the lab text. There are a few questions that ask you to look at a microscope slide or a fossil specimen(s). I used my Leica EZ4D binocular microscope to take some photos of fossil specimens. The following pics go with the lab activities.
Activity 1.2: Kingdom Protista
Questions 2: Slide picture of diatoms. Sketch three diatoms and identify using Figure 4 from the lab.
Diatoms
Radiolarians
Questions 4: Slide of fossil foraminifera. (a) Sketch any three and label the aperture, suture, and chamber. (b) Determine the generic name of the three forams using Figure 6 from the lab.
Radiolaria
Question 3: Slide of radiolaria. Sketch two different genera and identify each.
Activity 1.4: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Cnidaria
Question 4: Sketch of tabulate, rugose, and scleractinia corals
tabulate01.jpg rugose01.jpg scleractinian01.jpg
Activity 1.5: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Ectoprocta – Bryozoans
Question 1: Identify the three following fossil bryozoans using Figure 27. Ketch and name each specimen and note the position of the zooecium on each drawing by an arrow.
Please complete the Fossil Lab Part 1 on Taxonomy, Stromatolites, Protists, Spon
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