Founders of Historical Geology Charles Darwin 1809-1882 Evolution – organisms changed through time Individuals with variations most favorable in existing.
Human Evolution The beginning: 10 million years ago in Africa Climatic change. Getting drier. Unbroken tropical forests becoming a patchwork of woodland.
Fish History & Classification Chapter 11 Perspectives/Mid-Atlantic/Featured_Projects/EKey_-
Reptile Jeopardy 2013. To which order do we belong? Testudines (Chelonia) Rhynchocephalia Squamata Crocodylia.
Autochthonous Salt Deformation Integrated with Basin Modeling Example on a GulfSpan Dip Line.
GEOLOGY OF THE PIEDMONT IN NEW JERSEY J. Michael Pollock New Jersey Audubon Adapted for Summer Field Studies 2012.
Origins of Angiosperms Spring 2013. Outline Origin of the angiosperms Characters of angiosperms Brief history of angiosperm classification Major groups.
Classification Phylum Chordata Subphylum Urochordata Subphylum Cephalochordata Subphylum Vertebrata tunicates lancets Agnathans Fish Sharks tetrapods.
Evolutionary History Evolution does not occur in a vacuum; it depends on: *Geology – distribution of land and water *Climate – temperature, precipitation,
Animal Body Plans. 1 st dinosaur end of dinosaurs 1 st reptiles 1 st amphibians 1 st land plants 1 st fish 1 st invertebrates Millions of Years Geologic.
See . Monotremes Eutherians Metatherians.
The phylogeny of land plants The likely ancestor are charophycean algae Chloroplast DNA and ribosomal RNA indicate charophycean algae and land plants had.