Hierarchy Example Kingdom Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum Phylum: ArthropodaClass Class: InsectaOrder Order: Coleoptera (beetles)Family Family: CarabidaeGenus Genus: PterostichusSpecies Species: Pterostichus johnsoni 

Marine Habitats

http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/vageol/vahist/sepkoski.html

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/sedimentary/images/stromatolite.html

http://weeklysciencequiz.blogspot.com/2012/06/stromatolites.html

Cross section of a stromatolite showing its characteristic dome layering.

http://www.indiana9fossils.com/Stromatolite/Wyoming-Chlorellopsis.htm

Stromatolites

http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Protista/porifera.htm

Archaeocyathid

www.mcz.harvard.eduwww.vgms.org

Trilobites

Interior of bivalve shell (Mercenaria) Internal tissue of Mercenaria

Planes of symmetry in brachiopods (l) and bivalves (r)

Bivalves andBrachiopods

http://go2add.com/paleo/brachiopods.phphttp://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/brachiopods-2-feet-shells-and-lophophores/

Brachiopods

Bivalves

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackcountrymuseums/4830531414/

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fossil+bivalve+symmetry

http://www.gmss.us/community/fossils/articles/brachs http://www.bing.com/images/search?

q=fossil+bivalve+symmetry

Bivalves

http://www.tonmo.com/science/fossils/morphology/

Nautilus

NautiloidCephalopods

Nautiloid cephalopod (Nautilus)

Nautiloid suture patternAmmonoid suture pattern

Branched bryozoan Fenestrate bryozoan Archimedes bryozoan

Bryozoans

http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/InvertPaleo/Trenton/Intro/PaleoPage/Terminology&Morphology/Images/crinoiddiagram.jpg

Crinoids

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crinoid+morphology&id=BEB4316AC3A9F28188B80BF11F54F70A0FE75551&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=6F1190896EAAFA149443FD6543D8448A88D900D1&selectedIndex=2

http://www.mcz.harvard.edu

http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/students/crinoids/Crinoids.htm

Crinoids

Crinoid stems

http://www.britishwildlife.wikia.com/wiki/File:Gastropod_Morphology.jpg http://www.ammonite.free-online.co.uk/

fgastro.htm

Gastropods

Graptolite Morphology

Graptolites

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackcountrymuseums/4397360829/

Halysites (chain coral) Favosites (honeycomb coral)

http://www.humboldt.edu/natmus/lifeThroughTime/Devonian.web/index.html

Paleozoic Corals

http://www.uky.edu/KGS/fossils/tabulatemound.htm

Tabulate Corals

Paleozoic Corals

http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/livrug3.gif

http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/rugose.gif

Rugose Corals

http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/lab5b.htm

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ruskinrocks/Fossils.html

Rugose Corals

http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/levin/0471697435/chap_tut/chaps/chapter12-05.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/chelicerata/eurypteridmm.html

Eurypterids(sea scorpions)