Fossils

= Fossils = Coaches & volunteers- Team-


 * 11/3/09**
 * Get out the fossil books and begin tagging the [|fossils] that are on the list for this year. ** It would be a good idea to first familiarize yourself with how to use the field books before you begin searching for the fossils within them.

State Competition- We had a bit of difficulty in the fossils state competition. Since I was not familiar to how the competition went, I was confused at times. We also thought that this test was much harder than the regional. Tony did a good job with the book, but the binder was not organized well, and we only used one paper from it. That is how the state competition went for fossils. -Shounak Vale


 * April 14-**
 * Fossil Video-[|Indiana Fossils][|Iowa Fossils]**
 * Fossil Quiz (overview-look up the answers, don't guess)-[|A trip through Geologic time]**
 * Use a textbook to get definitions for Relative dating, Absolute Dating and each of the items listed under those two categories**
 * Geologic time summary of concepts-[|Chapter 9]**
 * Geologic Time Scale- [|University of Calgary][|UC Berkley][|UC Berkley version 2]**
 * Geologic Time Scale test-[|Fill in chart test]**


 * Test/Quizzes on time scale and dating- [|McGraw Hill MC test, TF test, flash cards, etc.][|Glencoe]**
 * [|Prentice Hall]**
 * [|2009 Fossil Test (look up the answers, don't guess)]**


 * April 15-**

[|Test] [|Answer Key]
 * Hudson Invite**-

[|SO Event-Fossils] [|2008 CC Fossils Powerpoint] [|2008 CC Fossil List Pictures Powerpoint] [|2008 CC Powerpoint Earth through the Ages] [|2009 Fossil Event Coaches Clinic Notes] [|Michigan Fossils Posters] [|Petosky Stone] [|Oldest Fossil] [|Division B Notes 1 of 3] [|Division B Notes 2 of 3] [|Division B Notes 3 of 3] [|Ediacaran Period] [|MICHILOGIC TIME LINE]

Other links- [|The petrified wood museum] [|USGS Fossils Website] [|Geology 103 fossil list (photos and info)] [|Geology 250-Invertebrate Paleontology (get copies of previous tests by changing the # in the html filename)] [|Fossil specimens] [|Indiana Geology-scroll down to fossil section] [|Limited fossil images-scroll down to images 1 & 2] []

Current Topic to Research-
As a team of 4 make fossil name cards for each fossil on the list. We need these as soon as possible to organize our fossil collection. Cut index cards in half and use one for each fossil-examples follow (don't put a number on the card, spelling counts and consider typing the info and then cutting and pasting it on the cards)-Mrs. Lakocy Card #1 Forams Foraminifera Nummulites Fusulinid

Card #2 Diatoms

Card #3 Sponges Porifera Hydnoceras

Card #4 Sponges Porifera Astraeospongia Here are the invertabrets, Bryce Here are Vertebrates Tony ||
 * **__2009 Fossil List (Rev: 7-17-08) INVERTEBRATES__** ||
 * Forams (Foraminifera) ||
 * Genus -Nummulites ||
 * *Fusulinid ||
 * Diatoms Sponges* (Phylum Porifera) ||
 * Genus -Hydnoceras ||
 * Diatoms Sponges* (Phylum Porifera) ||
 * Genus -Astraeospongia ||
 * Bryozoans* Genus Archimedes Genus Rhombopora (Growth forms: branching, massive, fenestrate) ||
 * Graptolites (Phylum Hemichordata) ||
 * Corals (Phylum Cnidaria)) *Horn & *Colonial Corals Genus -Heliophyllum Genus -Favosites Genus -Hexagonara Genus -Halysites ||
 * Genus -Septastraea ||
 * Arthropods Trilobites* Genus -Phacops Genus -Isotelus Genus -Cryptolithus Genus -Elrathia Eurypterids Insects Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crabs, barnacles) Brachiopods (*Rhynchonella in Kit) Inarticulate Genus -Lingula ||
 * Articulate Genus -Platystrophia Genus -*Atrypa ||
 * Genus -*Mucrospirifer Genus -Rafinesquina Genus -Leptaena Genus -Composita Genus -Juresania Molluscs (Phylum Mollusca) Bivalves (Clams, mussels, oysters) Genus -Pecten ||
 * Genus -*Gryphaea Genus -*Exogyra Genus -Pholadomya ||
 * Gastropods (*snails) Genus -Conus Genus -*Turritella Genus -*Worthenia Genus -Platyceras ||
 * Genus -Cypraea ||
 * Cephalopods (nautiloids, ammonoids, belemnoids) Genus -Orthoceras ||
 * Genus -Nautilus ||
 * Genus -Dactylioceras Genus -Baculites For C Division add suture patterns (nautiloid, goniatite, ceratite, ammonite*) Genus -Belemnitella ||
 * Echinoderms Crinoids *(stems, columns, calyxes) ||
 * Echinoids* (sea urchins, sand dollars) Asteroids (sea stars, brittle stars) Blastoids* Genus -*Pentremites |||| VERTEBRATES ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Fish Jawless Fish Agnathans Armored Fish (Placoderms) Genus -Dunkleosteus Genus -Bothriolepis Cartilagenous Fish Chrondrichthyans Sharks (*Shark Teeth) and rays Bony Fish *Osteichthyans Reptiles Mammal-like reptiles (Theraspids) Genus -Dimetrodon ||
 * Genus -Lystrosaurus Ichthyosaurs Plesiosaurs ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Mosasaurs Pterosaurs Dinosaurs (*Bone piece in Kit) Saurischians (Lizard hipped) Genus -Allosaurus Genus -Apatosaurus Genus -Coelophysis Genus -Deinonychus Genus -Plateosaurus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Genus -Velociraptor Genus -Tyrannosaurus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ornithischians (Bird hipped) Genus -Iguanodon Genus -Stegosaurus Genus -Triceratops Genus -Parafsaurolophus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Genus -Lystrosaurus Ichthyosaurs Plesiosaurs ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Mosasaurs Pterosaurs Dinosaurs (*Bone piece in Kit) Saurischians (Lizard hipped) Genus -Allosaurus Genus -Apatosaurus Genus -Coelophysis Genus -Deinonychus Genus -Plateosaurus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Genus -Velociraptor Genus -Tyrannosaurus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ornithischians (Bird hipped) Genus -Iguanodon Genus -Stegosaurus Genus -Triceratops Genus -Parafsaurolophus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ornithischians (Bird hipped) Genus -Iguanodon Genus -Stegosaurus Genus -Triceratops Genus -Parafsaurolophus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||