Classification and Identification of Fossils Lab # 3.

Classification and Identification of Fossils

Lab # 3

Classification and Taxonomy

• Kingdom Animalia

• Phylum Chordata

• Class Mammalia

• Order Carnivora

• Family Felidae

• Genus Felis

• Species domestica

Classification and Taxonomy• Developed by Linnaeus in the early 18Th

century.

• Species is the basic unit of the system.

• It is a binomial (two parts) formal designation for each species.

• Is composed by the capitalized name of the genus (plural-genera), followed by the uncapitalized name of the species (plural-species).

Body Composition

Unicellular

Multicellular

Monera

Protista

Fungi

Plantae

Animalia

Kingdom Designation

Cellular Organization

procaryotic

eucaryotic

• Kingdom Monera– Bacteria, blue-green algae

• Kingdom Protista– Phylum Protozoa

• Class Sarcodina- “amoebas”– Order Foraminiferida- marine amoebas with CaCO3

skeletons

– Order Radiolaria- marine amoebas with opal skeletons

• Kingdom Fungi– the fungi

Kingdom MoneraBacteria, blue-green algae

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Kingdom Protista Order Radiolaria





Kingdom Fungi



• Kingdom Plantae- the plant kingdom– Algae- several groups of aquatic plants, some

of which secrete calcite or aragonite skeleton.– Phylum Bryophyta- the mosses and liverworts– Phylum Tracheophyta- the vascular plants

Kingdom Plantae Algae



Algae are photosynthetic organisms that occur in most habitats. They vary from small, single-celled forms to complex multicellular forms, such as the giant kelps that grow to 65 meters in length.. The US Algal Collection is represented by almost 300,000 accessioned and inventoried herbarium specimens.

Halimeda





Charophyta





Kingdom Plantae Phylum Bryophyta





Kingdom Plantae Phylum Tracheophyta



• Kingdom Animalia– Phylum Porifera- the sponges– Phylum Cnidaria

• Class Scyphosoa- the jellyfish

• Class Anthozoa- the corals– Order Rugosa

– Order Scleractinian

– Order Tabulata

– Phylum Bryozoa- the bryozoans– Phylum Brachiopoda

• Class inarticulata

• Class articulata

Bryozoa







• Kingdom Animalia– Phylum Mollusca- the molluscs

• Class Gastropoda

• Class Pelecypoda

• Class Cephalopoda– Subclass Nautiloidea

– Subclass Ammonoidea

– Subclass Coloidea

– Phylum Arthropoda• Class Trilobita

• Class Ostracoda

• Class Insecta

Ostracoda







• Kingdom Animalia– Phylum Echinodermata

• Class Blastoidea- blastoid

• Class Crinoidea- sea lilies

• Class Asteroidea- star fish

• Class Echinoidea- sea urchins

– Phylum Protochordata (Hemichordata)– Phylum Chodata

• Class Pisces- fish

• Class Amphibia- frogs etc…

• Class Reptilia- dinosaurs, turtles etc…

• Class Mammalia- mammals

Classification and Identification of Fossils Lab # 3.

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