Geologic History of NYS

Which geologic event occurred in NYS at the same time as the extinction of dinosaurs and ammonoids?

• formation of the Queenston Delta

• deposition of sands and clays underlying Long Island

• initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean

• advance and retreat of the last continental ice sheet

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What life event occurred during the Neogene period?

• earliest grasses

• abundant reptiles

• large carnivorous mammals

• earliest insects

The earliest birds were apart of what Era?

• Mesozoic

• Cenezoic

• Paleozoic

• Neogene

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Pangea begins to break up during what period?

• Jurassic

• Triassic

• Permian

• Cenezoic

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The fossil Eospirifer was found during the _____ period

• Silurian

• Cambrian

• Permian

• Devonian

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What geologic event occurred during the Permian period?

• advance and retreat of last continental ice

• salt a gypsum deposit

• Alleghenian orogeny

• uplift of Adirondacks

Birds were first found during what Era?

• Cenezoic

• Mesozoic

• Paleozoic

• Cambrian

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Trilobites are still alive

• True

• False

Brachiopods are still alive

• True

• False

Corals are still alive

• True

• False

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