Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Modul
10
10
Fossils
Fossils
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Fossil
Fossil
An
An
organic trace
organic trace
buried by natural processes,
buried by natural processes,
and subsequently permanently
and subsequently permanently
preserved
preserved
Carbonization
Carbonization
Silicification
Silicification
Calcification
Calcification
Pyritization
Pyritization
Hematization
Hematization
Impression
Impression
Kingdom
Kingdom
Phylum
Phylum
Class
Class
Order
Order
Family
Family
Genus
Genus
Species
Species
There are five Kingdoms There are five Kingdoms
Monera Monera (bacteria, single cell) (bacteria, single cell)
Protista Protista (single to multiple cells, (single to multiple cells,
e.g. e.g. algae) algae)
Fungi (multiple cells, absorb Fungi (multiple cells, absorb
surrounding organic material) surrounding organic material)
Plantae Plantae (plants, photosynthesis, (plants, photosynthesis,
40000 species) 40000 species)
Animalia Animalia (30 phyla, (30 phyla,
2000000 species, 2000000 species,
5% vertebrate, 45000 sp) 5% vertebrate, 45000 sp)
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Taxonomy (organism classification)
Taxonomy (organism classification)
Kingdom
Kingdom
animalia
animalia
Phylum
Phylum
protozoa
protozoa
Class
Class
foraminifera
foraminifera
Order
Order
sarcodina
sarcodina
Family
Family
globigerinidae
globigerinidae
Genus
Genus
globigerina
globigerina
Species
Species
Globigerina
Globigerina
miocenica
miocenica
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Gigantosaurus Gigantosaurus
Stegodon Stegodon
Molar of Molar of stegodon stegodon
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Larger foraminifera in
Larger foraminifera in
bioclastic
bioclastic
limestone
limestone
Thin section view under microscope Thin section view under microscope
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Why do we study fossils?
Why do we study fossils?
To understand
To understand
paleobiology
paleobiology
To understand
To understand
paleoclimate
paleoclimate
To understand
To understand
paleoenvironment/paleoecology
paleoenvironment/paleoecology
s history
s history
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Determining the relative age of strata
Determining the relative age of strata
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Correlation
Correlation
FOSSILS
FOSSILS
Determining
Determining
paleoenvironment
paleoenvironment
From
From
Primata
Primata
to Human
to Human
From
From
Primata
Primata
to Human
to Human
Do you believe it?
Tyranosaurus Tyranosaurus Rex Rex