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Earth History & the Fossil Record
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The Dynamic Earth
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Earth’s Dynamic Geology• Earth is approx. 4.6 billion years old• Since its formation, the surface has been unstable• Crust and Core rotate as slightly different rates
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Why there are no old rocksth b tt f thon the bottom of the ocean.
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Geologic Time Scale
“Moss Animals”
Precambrian
Newest Animal Phylum:Bryozoans
Precambrian“Age of the Prokaryotes”
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Earth’s Age is Almost Inconceivable
•• If all of earth’s history were compressed into one year:if i b d l i ’ d Life appears in February around Valentine’s day.
Prokaryotes rule from then till nearly Thanksgiving. Dinosaurs go extinct and mammals diversify on Dec 26 Dinosaurs go extinct and mammals diversify on Dec. 26. Human and chimp lineages diverge at 11am on Dec. 31. The Revolutionary War ends 1.5 seconds before year’s end. e evo ut o a y Wa e ds .5 seco ds be o e yea s e d.
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What does the Fossil Record tell us?
O f h t i t f ti• Occurrence of phenotypic transformations• Relative changes in diversity over time
How do we know the dates of ancient events?
• Relative time dating• Radiometric dating• Radiometric dating
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Radiometric dating
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Rock types significant to the fossil record:Rock types significant to the fossil record:
• IgneousF d f l k Formed from molten rock.
Not great for fossil recording.• Sedimentaryy
Primarily formed from broken down rockor minerals (due to weathering and erosionprocesses) that form sediments in bodies of waterprocesses) that form sediments in bodies of water.
Approx. 75% of exposed rock. May contain fossils!
M hi• Metamorphic Alteration by high temperature and pressure. Not good for fossil recording.g g
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Principles of Stratigraphy
1 S i i k d i d ld k1. Superposition – younger rocks deposited on older rocks2. Original Horizontality – lava and sedimentary rocks laid down flat3. Cross-cutting relationships – dikes are younger than host rockg p y g4. Inclusions – boulders & cobbles are older than host rock5. Faunal succession – earlier fossils are simpler than recent forms.
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Sedimentary rocks leave gaps
• Periods of no sedimentation: Hiatus
• Erosion of rock: Unconformity has different horizontal plane. Disconformity has same horizontal plane,
therefore harder to see unless gaps are large.
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Example of Stratigraphy
Marine fossilsVertebrate tracks
Plants, reptiles
Marine fossils
Trilobites
No fossils
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Sorting out the Fossil Recordg
• Types of Fossilsyp• Compression & Impression fossils• Permineralization & Pertrification• Casts & Molds• Unaltered remains – mummyy
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How do fossils form?C i• Compression
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• Compression
2-D fossils found by splitting sedimentary rocks along bedding plane.
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How do fossils form?• Impressions
Tetrapod Tracks from the Paleozoicin fl ial standstonein fluvial standstone
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How do fossils form?P i li ti d t ifi ti• Permineralization and petrification
The original hard parts of the plant or animal have additional mineral material deposited in their pore spaces.
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How do fossils form?C t d M ld• Casts and Molds
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How do fossils form?• Unaltered remains
Dinosaur mummy from Cretaceous,Edmontosaurus annectens, found inNew Mexico, includes skeleton withpreserved skin, muscles, and tendons.Scorpion found in amber.p
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Where are fossils most likely to form?
• High sedimentation• Anoxic conditions
What types of organisms are bestyp grepresented in the fossil record?
• Hard-bodied organisms• Marine organisms
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Sorting out the Fossil Record
• Strengths & Weaknesses• Lowland and shallow marine bias• Hard part bias• Age bias• Goal is to recognize the constraints
and still be creative
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Noteworthy Fossil Assemblages
• Doushantuo Phosphorites• Burgess Shale• Bavarian LimestoneBavarian Limestone• Baltic Amber
Pl i M f• Pleistocene Megafauna
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Doushantuo Phosphorites
• Ancient (570 Mya)• Features fine scale soft partsFeatures fine scale soft parts• Sponges and Embryos!
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Chordate PikaiaChordate - Pikaia
Wiwaxia
Arthropod MarellaArthropod - Marella
Burgess Shale• Ancient (520 Ma)
Opabinia
Hallucigenia( )• Features soft-bodied marine animals• Reveals establishment of all basic body plans
Hallucigenia
(symmetries, segmentation, body cavities,exoskeletons, notochords).
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Bavarian Limestone
• Jurassic (150 Ma)• Archaeopteryx
H d fli• Huge dragonflies
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Baltic Amber• 35 40 Ma• 35-40 Ma• Amazing detail and diversity
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PleistoceneM f
Smilodon Giant (200kg) beaver
Megafauna
• < 1 Maa• La Brea Tar Pit
Ground sloth Woolly mammoth Dire wolf
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Sorting out the Fossil Record
• Evolutionary Trends
• Dollo’s “Law”: Complex features, once lost, are not regained in that lineage. No reversals…
• Cope’s Rule: Multiple lineages evolve through similar stages.
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Flickering traits show that reversals can occur and the genes controlling developmental pathwaysand the genes controlling developmental pathways can reactivate.
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8 plates
6 plates
A parallel trend in barnacles showing the reductionin the number of shell plates during the Cenozoicin the number of shell plates during the Cenozoic.
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Sorting out the Fossil Record
• Evolutionary Trends
• Dollo’s “Law”:
• Cope’s Rule:
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Sorting out the Fossil Record
• Decent with Modification…..Yes!
• Punctuated or Gradual Evolution?
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Three models of evolution, as applied to a hypothetical set of fossils.
Traditional model of gradual changewithout any divergence.
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Three models of evolution, as applied to a hypothetical set of fossils.
Divergence occurs rapidly A li th hDivergence occurs rapidlythen back to stasis.
A lineage passes throughrapid spurts of change from one equilibrium to anotheranother.
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Punctuated equilibrium ofMetrarabdotos bryozoansMetrarabdotos bryozoans.
Predicts that speciation isnecessary for characternecessary for character change to occur.
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Punctuated gradualism inGloborotalia foraminiferaGloborotalia foraminifera.
Predicts that speciation isnot necessary for characternot necessary for characterchange to occur.
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Sorting out the Fossil Record
• Decent with Modification…..Yes!
• Punctuated or Gradual Evolution…..Yes!
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Sorting out the Fossil Record
• Origins of higher order taxa:Amphibians and fo r on the floor (De onian)Amphibians and four-on-the-floor (Devonian) Birds and flight (Jurassic) Reptiles and hearing (Carboniferous) Reptiles and hearing (Carboniferous)Whales and back to the sea (Eocene) Hominins and its just gotta be me (Miocene) Hominins and its-just-gotta-be-me (Miocene)
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How do early organisms fit in the f lif ?tree of life?
Earliest fossils: ~1.8 bya
Earliest fossils: potentially 3.45 byo; y yabundant by ~2.6 bya, corresponding to rise in oxygen
fEarliest fossils: ~3.5 bya