INDEX FOR GEOLOGIC TIME AND FOSSILS
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GENERAL DISCUSSION OF FOSSILS
Definition of a fossil
Factors of Preservation
Use of Fossils
    Fossils as environmental indicators
    Fossils as documents of evolution
    Fossils as time markers
GEOLOGIC TIME
Asolute Time
Radiogenic Dating
Relative time
Local sequences
Correlation
Geologic Time Scale
A more detailed Time Scale
DISCUSSION OF MAIN GROUPS (TAXA)
Kingdom ARCHAEOBACTERIA

Kingdom EUBACTERIA
       Division (=Phylum) CYANOPHYTA

Kingdom PROTISTA
       Phylum Protozoa
                   Class Sarcodina
                             Order Foraminifera
                                   Family Fusulinidae
                                   The Nummulites (several families)
                             Order Radiolaria

Kingdom ANIMALIA
       Phylum Porifera
       Phylum Archaeocyatha
       Phylum Coelenterata
                   Class Anthozoa
                             Order Rugosa
                             Order Tabulata
                             Order Scleratinia
       Phylum Bryozoa
       Phylum Brachiopoda
                    Class Inarticulata
                    Class Articulata
       Phylum Mollusca
                    Class Gastropoda
                    Class Cephalopoda
                            Subclass Nautiloidea
                            Subclass Ammonoidea
                            Subclass Coleoidea
                                  Order Decapoda
                                  Order Octopoda
                     Class Pelecypoda
       Phylum Annelida
       Phylum Arthropoda
                    Class Trilobita
                    Class Crustacea
                    Class Insecta
                    Class Merostomata

DISCUSSION OF MAIN GROUPS (TAXA) cont.
Kingdom ANIMALIA (cont)
       Phylum Echinodermata
              Subphylum Crinozoa
                    Class Cystoidea
                    Class Blastoidea
                    Class Crinoidea
              Subphylum Echinozoa
                    Class Echinoidea
       Phylum Hemichordata
                    Class Graptolithinae
       Phylum Chordata
                    Class Agnatha
                    Class Chondrichthyes
                    Class Osteiichthyes
                    Class Amphibia
                    Class Reptilia
                    Class Aves
                    Class Mammalia

Kingdom FUNGI
       Division (=Phylum) Zygomycota
       Division Ascomycota
       Division Basidiomycota

Kingdom PLANTAE
       Division (=Phylum) Chlorophycophyta
       Division Bryophyta
       Division Tracheophyta
             Subdivision Psylophyta
             Subdivision Sphenophyta
             Subdivision Filicophyta
             Subdivision Spermatophyta
                    Class Pteridospermopyta
                    Class Coniferophyta
                    Class Cycadophyta
                    Class Gingkophyta
                    Class Angiospermophyta
                            Subclass Dicotyledonae
                            Subclass Monocotyledonae

 

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