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    The Paleozoic Era

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    The Paleozoic era age approximately 300 million years (542 mya to 251 mya). This time period consists of two of the most important events in the history of animal life. In the beginning, multi celled animals underwent a dramatic explosion in diversity, this resulted in almost all living animal phyla appearing within a few million years. At the other end of the Paleozoic, it withstood the largest mass extinction in all of history. This event wiped out approximately 90% of all marine animal species

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    Hazen Mythology

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    With Hazen’s blend of storytelling and science he really showed me the origins of Earth and the origins of life on Earth. He starts at 4.5 billion years ago when our solar system came together from cosmic debris. He describes the Big Bang (Big Thwack) from a wandering asteroid that knocked off a piece of Earth, which at the time was molten to make our Moon. The creation of the oceans and continents, which he describes, are fed by Earth’s “inner heat”. He then moves to the photosynthetic organisms

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    Exam Three Study Guide

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    Chapter 11 The first Paleozoic orogeny to occur in the Cordilleran mobile belt was the: | c. Antler | | Extensive cratonic black shales were deposited during what two periods? | d. Late Devonian-Early Mississippian | | The main economic deposit of a cyclothem is: | a. coal | | During the Late Kaskaskia (Cratonic Sequence 3), what type of deposition predominated on the craton? | e. carbonates | | Which orogeny was not part of the closing of the Iapetus Ocean

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    The argument the author puts forth is that horseshoe crabs have evolved over the eras. That they’re not “living fossils”. Horseshoe crabs have “rounded cephalic shields, that were like the extinct trilobites, and an arrangement of legs and gills”, no wonder people think they are living fossils. This is the beginning to how these historic animals have evolved. Three years ago, the author took a trip to Delaware. As his family was walking on the beach they came across some horseshoe crabs mating.

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    The likelihood of the Cambrian Explosion seeming more dramatic due to fossil records being somewhat unreliable is very real. It is difficult for organisms to enter the fossil record due to the possibility of destruction and disappearance. However, trilobites (have hard body coverings) can appear in the record more easily due to protection

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    The Badlands Quickly pulling over to view the stark landscape, which was similar to being on the moon. I began driving the Badlands Loop a 40.03-mile road around Badlands National Park, South Dakota. The scenery did not have the splendor of the Grand Canyon or the natural geysers of Yellowstone. However, the sandstone formations, surround by the prairie grassland were special. Just after sunrise, the long theatrical shadows on the water and wind carved features, created an eerie landscape. Nevertheless

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    Essay On Mold Fossils

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    Plant fossils and trilobites are often found as casts and molds. Most molds and casts do not contain the actual remains of an organism. Shells, bone, and wood often form as molds or casts. Dinosaur footprints can also be classified as mold fossils. Shells can make an imprint

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    As, the director, of the natural history museum I have created a display dedicated to the Paleozoic time period. In order to boost the attendance, I have designed an interactive set of exhibits and displays for the Paleozoic Era. Guest will enter the museum together in a main room once everyone was seated you would turn down the lights and with a 3 - D show the beginning of the era which was the breakup of one supercontinent and the formation of another. A speaker will explain how the Paleozoic

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    of this period, things started to change. The temperatures dropped, due to glaciers that moved across the south pole. There were no mass extinctions because of this , but however, many marine species did go extinct. These included Horn corals, trilobites and some forms of crinoids. They were just a preview of the mass extinctions that were soon to come in the Devonian

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    Are we on the brink of a sixth mass extinction? Many say yes, but there is also hard evidence saying no. Nonetheless, scientists can prove five mass extinctions in history. The first mass extinction happened roughly around 445 million years ago. It was named the Ordovician Extinction. The species affected were known as Graptolite, which are different types of sea creatures. Their demise on Earth lasted around only one million years. Around sixty to seventy percent of the species disappeared, and

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