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SO FOSSILS GAME D

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the genus

(a)  

2.

Identify the genus

(a)  

3.

Identify the genus

(a)  

4.

Identify the genus

(a)  

5.

Which specimen was first to be officially described?

(a)  

6.

Name the 3 bones that make up the hip in all 4 specimens.(alphabetically, separated by commas)

(a)  

7.

Objects like this one below are often found in tandem with certain dinosaur fossils.

What are these objects called?

(a)  

8.

Identify the genus

(a)  

9.

The most complete existing specimen of this genus (and also the most iconic) is better known as the (a)   specimen.

10.

In total, how many body fossil specimens of the genus you identified above have been discovered?

(a)  

11.

Specimens in this genus are most closely associated with which lagerstätten?

a)

Mazon Creek

b)

Ghost Ranch

c)

Solnhofen Limestone

d)

Yixian Formation

e)

Green River Formation

12.

Preserved feathers are perhaps best known from which lagerstätten

a)

Mazon Creek

b)

Ghost Ranch

c)

Solnhofen Limestone

d)

Yixian Formation

e)

Green River Formation

13.

Identify the class

(a)  

14.

Identify the class

(a)  

15.

Identify the class

(a)  

16.

This specimen is best described as____

a)

irregular

b)

semiregular

c)

regular

d)

none of the above can be used to describe this specimen

17.

Identify the class

(a)  

18.

Identify the class

(a)  

19.

What kind of glands does A point to?

(a)  

20.

What anatomical part does B point to?

(a)  

21.

C points to a feature specific to this phylum. Name this feature.

(a)  

22.

What is true about feature C.

(mark all that are true)

a)

It is a perforated plate

b)

It is a part of the digestive system

c)

It is mostly composed of calcium carbonate

d)

It filters water into the specimen

e)

It is a single opening

23.

Which of the following are true regarding the phylum Echinodermata?

a)

Adults have radial symmetry

b)

This phylum first arose during the Silurian period

c)

An embryo is bilaterally symmetrical

d)

Asteroidea is the most diverse class

e)

All classes under this phylum are protosomes

24.

Name ONE of the two types of cups that can be found in the same class as this Specimen.

(a)  

25.

Reproduction among creatures in the same class as Specimen AAA are usually asexual.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

What body part on this Specimen is used as legs for locomotion?

(a)  

27.

This specimen is the state fossil of what state?

(a)