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Fossil marine bi-value animals similar to the one shown in this figure have symmetrical valves. What are these fossils called? |
brachiopods |
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What is the name of this group of synapsid fossils that had large sail-like features on their backs? |
pelycosaurs |
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The tiny skeletal remains of this organism are used as guide fossils in Paleozoic sedimentary rocks.What is the name of this fossil group? |
conodonts |
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The development of a vascular system to transport water and nutrients and the ability to stand up against the pull of gravity helped these organisms adapt to living on land.What type of organisms were they? |
first land-dwelling plants |
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Choose the order (from youngest to oldest) of fossil remains of animals as they appear in the Paleozoic fossil record. |
mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish |
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Fossils of the earliest animals with shells included |
small tubular shells |
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Global volcanic activity is considered to be one of the main contributing factors causing the end-Permian mass extinction. |
True |
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The first land-dwelling vertebrates were |
amphibians |
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The oldest fossil amniotes are found in these Paleozoic rocks? |
Pennsylvanian rocks |
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The therapsids were |
tetrapods with mammal-like traits. |
