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Revised - 610718900 - Fossil - Locality - Project - and - For - My - Project - Is - Westgard - Pass
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Westgard Pass is a well-known place where different fossils are found. Enigmatic
archeocythid is fossils preserved in the rocks. The fossils are located to the view of route 168
California to the southwest of Owens valley and the Sierra Nevada. The place is used to access
the Cambrian geologic rock near the white-Inyo Mountains found near the Westgard Pass. The
area is prominent for the different species found. Archaeocythid exists in fifty-eight counties in
Archaeocythid was a marine invertebrate that did not survive beyond the early Cambrian
era. It is about 510milion years absent from the geological record. It was distributed within 18
years, between 510 and 528 years, to distribute and develop into different species. An
Archaeocythid was described as a peculiar that occurs when there is a cross between coral and
Archeocyathids occur approximately 2000 feet (middle), a third of the lower Cambrian
section. Three assemblages are recognized and can be correlated through the region; this is
carried out by applying for the stratigraphic position (Rowland et al. The archaeocyathid,
ethmophyllu, is found around1000 feet above the olenellid and trilobite. Moreover, the
uppermost olenellid fauna". Archeocyathid occurs on the rocks of the white-Inyo Mountain. The
rocks are of Cambrian age, also known as the Lower Cambrian (Morgan et al. 13).
calcium carbonate are found on the lower part of the oldest sections of the exposure under the
thick deposits of poleta shales. It is hard to explain how the three disappeared because they were
the first phyla due to their failure to contribute to the geological record. Therefore, their presence
in Westgard Pass shows that they did not go away; they still exist. This is supported by the fact
that after the Cambrian explosion, some creatures not only survived on rocks but also changed to
other forms due to the multicellular division-leading changes in the way of living.
There was a swarm in the early Cambrian and a shallow sea end in the Westgard Pass
area. The sea was near the equator, and there were different species of animals deposited during
the Cambrian explosion period. The species include; the archeocyathid, olenellid trionites,
There are different species found in fossil locality. The species include ammonites,
Protocyocyathidae
Anomalocaris
Taxa are critical because it helps to categorize organisms; this is done by comparing their
features. Secondly, it helps to give a name to each taxon, and thirdly, it helps to identify bacteria.
understand slight differences between organisms falling under the same genus. Class, genus, and
species are essential in determining the interaction amongst organisms and their respective
surroundings.
The class in which an organism belongs classified is also essential because it helps to
show the relationship between the organisms. Different species were found under similar
settings; this was a clear indication that other organisms interacted within the same environment
before the Cambrian explosion. For instance, the archeocyathis, olenellid trionites, helicoplacus
Work cited
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Debrenne, F., and M. Debrenne. "Archaeocyathid fauna of the lowest fossiliferous levels of
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Dornbos, Stephen Q., and David J. Bottjer. "Evolutionary paleoecology of the earliest
(2000): 839-842.
Hagadorn, James W., Christopher M. Fedo, and Ben M. Waggoner. "Early Cambrian Ediacaran-
Assembly and Twelfth National Meeting of the Palaeontological Society of China, April,
Archeocyathid Bioherms and to Early Cambrian Sedimentation in the White and Inyo
Rowland, Stephen M., and Sandra J. Carlson. "Westgardia gigantea, a new Lower Cambrian