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| Know what groups suffer during the extinction events at the end of the Cretaceous and Pleistocene. Know what groups become abundant after the Permian and Cretaceous extinctions. |
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Rare after Permian:
Bryozoa
Crinoidea
Abundant after Permian:
Gastropods
Crustacea
Radiolaria
Foraminifera |
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| Compression and tensional stress |
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Definition
*Compression stress
Triassic – Miocene
*Tensional stress
Miocene - today
Normal faulting associated with tensional stress |
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| What are the steps in making a real Jurassic Park? and the difficulty in making these steps |
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Definition
1. Find Dino DNA
-extracting DNA from amber is hard
2. Grow an Embryo
-dino may not take over nucleus of an ostrich
3. Raise the baby
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4. Choose a habitat
-K Dinos can be in marshy/wet environments and J Dinos need dry. It's be hard to find perfect conditions.
5. Make sure they're fed properly
-hard to get food for them because they eat a lot and we aren't quite sure all that they ate..?
6. Manage their safety
-immune system of 140 million year old wouldn't survive 20th century germs |
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| Diagnostic features and general ecological modes of life for Reptilia |
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Definition
| Lizards, tuataras, turtles, Crocodylia, Snakes |
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1 bone in lower jaw
2 sets of teeth
3 bones in ear |
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1 flavor of mammals...
lays eggs |
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| Mammal- Live birth; nutured in pouch |
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| mammal - Live birth; long gestation period |
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