Order Fusulinida

• Single-celled• Protists• Size of a grain of rice• Lived in clear water• Phylum Foraminifera (Forams)• Kingdom Protozoa

Genus Nummulites

• Kingdom Protozoa• Phylum Foraminifera (Forams)• 1-5 cm• Eocene to Miocene• Limestone• Looks like coils

Genus Astraeospongia

• Kingdom Animalia• Invertebrate• Phylum Porifera (Sponges)• Silurian to devonian• “basket sponge” • Calcareous sponge – calcium carbonate• marine

Genus Hydnoceras

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Porifera (Sponges)• Invertebrate• “glass sponge” – silica spicules• Devonian to Pennsylvanian

Genus Archimedes

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Bryozoa• Invertebrate• Carboniferous• Fenestrate• Lived in clear water, filter feeder• Archimedes because of screw shape

Genus Rhombopora

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Bryozoa• Invertebrate• Branching• Filter-feeding• Carboniferous to Permian

Class Graptolithina (Graptolites)• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Hemichordata• Invertebrate• Cambrian to Carboniferous• Carbonization in shale• “pencil marks on rock”• Index fossils for paleozoic• Hemichordates: they are thought to lead to

vertebrates• Lived in colonies

Genus Favosites

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Cnidaria• Class Anthozoa • Colonial coral• Honeycomb coral

Genus Halysites

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Cnidaria• Class Anthozoa• “chain coral”• Tabulate coral• Warm shallow waters• Ordovician to silurian• Ate plankton

Genus Heliophyllum

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Cnidaria• Class Anthozoa• Horn coral• Devonian• Stung prey (nematocysts)

Genus Hexagonaria

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Cnidaria• Class Anthozoa• Colonial rugose coral• Michigan state fossil• Devonian

Genus Septastraea

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Cnidaria• Class Anthozoa• Warm shallow water• Recent fossil (miocene to pleistocene)• Scleractinian coral

Class Scyphozoa (true jellyfish)

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Cnidaria• Rare fossil• Edicarian period to present

Subphylum Crustacea (shrimp, lobster, crabs, barnacles)

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Cambrian• Encased in a shell (chitin)

Order Eurypterida (Eurypterid)

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Ordovician• Largest arthropods (2.5 meters)• Same group as horseshoe crabs• Shallow water

Class Insecta (insects)

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Since Devonian• Terrestrial and freshwater• Head, thorax, abdomen• Six legs• Evolved wings in carboniferous• metamorphosis

Genus Cryptolithus

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Class Trilobita• Small trilobite• Ordovician• “lace collar trilobite”• blind

Genus Calymene

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Class Trilobita• Silurian• Body in 13 segments• 2 cm

Genus Elrathia

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Class Trilobita• Oldest trilobite on list• Cambrian• Small head and well defined axial lobe

Genus Isotelus

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Class Trilobita• Ordovician• Largest trilobite• Up to 1 meter

Genus Phacops

• Kingdom Animalia• Phylum Arthropoda• Class Trilobita• Huge glabella• Better vision than others• Devonion• Index fossil