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Invertebrates revision
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Undergraduate 2
05/03/2016

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Brachipod time age
Definition
Cambrian-recent
Very abundant: Palaeozoic
K/T made them less abundant
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Bivalve time:
Definition
Middle Cambrian-recent
Palaeozoic overshadowed by brachiopods
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Cephalopod
Definition
Late-Cambrian Present
Abundant in Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, before Silurian: top predators
Term
Cephalopod: nautilius:
Definition
extermally shelled currently living in the West-Pacific
Term
Belemnites:
Definition
extinct now, Jura-Creataceous
internal support of a squid like creature
Term
Nautiloidea:
Definition
U. Cam-Recent: extrenally shelled, straight or curved
Term
Ammonoidea:
Definition
L.Devon-Upper Cretaceous, K/T extinction
Term
Corals
Definition
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Corals
Definition
Cambrian-Recent rare till Ordovician
Term
Rugose and tabulate coral time
Definition
Ordovician-Permian
Term
scleractinian corals
Definition
Triassic-recent
Term
Bryozoan
Definition
Early Ordovician–Recent
Term
Echinoderm time
Definition
Cambrian- Recent
Term
Crinoids
Definition
Ordovician - Recent
In Palaeozoic dominated shallow marine (especially Carboniferous)
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sponge
Definition
Ediacaran–Recent
Term
Trilobite
Definition
Early Cambrian – Late Permian
Term
insects
Definition
early devonian- present
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graptolite
Definition
Mid Cambrian to Carboniferous
Term
graptolite preservation
Definition
Graptolite fossils are often found in shales and mud rocks where sea-bed fossils are rare, this type of rock having formed from sediment deposited in relatively deep water that had poor bottom circulation, was deficient in oxygen,
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