Classification and Identification of Fossils

1. Classification and Identification
of Fossils
Lab # 3

2. Classification and Taxonomy
• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata
• Class Mammalia
• Order Carnivora
• Family Felidae
• Genus Felis
• Species domestica

3. Classification and Taxonomy
• Developed by Linnaeus in the early 18Th
century.
• Species is the basic unit of the system.
• It is a binomial (two parts) formal
designation for each species.
• Is composed by the capitalized name of the
genus (plural-genera), followed by the
uncapitalized name of the species (plural-
species).

4. Body
Composition
Unicellular
Multicellular
Monera
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Kingdom
Designation
Cellular
Organization
procaryotic
eucaryotic

5. • Kingdom Monera
– Bacteria, blue-green algae
• Kingdom Protista
– Phylum Protozoa
• Class Sarcodina- “amoebas”
– Order Foraminiferida- marine amoebas with CaCO3 skeletons
– Order Radiolaria- marine amoebas with opal skeletons
• Kingdom Fungi
– the fungi

6. Kingdom Monera
Bacteria, blue-green algae
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7. Kingdom Protista
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8. Kingdom Protista
Order Radiolaria
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9. Kingdom Fungi
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10. • Kingdom Plantae- the plant kingdom
– Algae- several groups of aquatic plants, some
of which secrete calcite or aragonite skeleton.
– Phylum Bryophyta- the mosses and liverworts
– Phylum Tracheophyta- the vascular plants

11. Kingdom Plantae
Algae
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Algae are
photosynthetic
organisms that occur in
most habitats. They
vary from small, single-
celled forms to
complex multicellular
forms, such as the
giant kelps that grow to
65 meters in length..
The US Algal
Collection is
represented by almost
300,000 accessioned
and inventoried
herbarium specimens.

12. Halimeda
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13. Charophyta
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14. Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Bryophyta
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15. Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
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16. • Kingdom Animalia
– Phylum Porifera- the sponges
– Phylum Cnidaria
• Class Scyphosoa- the jellyfish
• Class Anthozoa- the corals
– Order Rugosa
– Order Scleractinian
– Order Tabulata
– Phylum Bryozoa- the bryozoans
– Phylum Brachiopoda
• Class inarticulata
• Class articulata

17. Bryozoa
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18. • Kingdom Animalia
– Phylum Mollusca- the molluscs
• Class Gastropoda
• Class Pelecypoda
• Class Cephalopoda
– Subclass Nautiloidea
– Subclass Ammonoidea
– Subclass Coloidea
– Phylum Arthropoda
• Class Trilobita
• Class Ostracoda
• Class Insecta

19. Ostracoda
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20. • Kingdom Animalia
– Phylum Echinodermata
• Class Blastoidea- blastoid
• Class Crinoidea- sea lilies
• Class Asteroidea- star fish
• Class Echinoidea- sea urchins
– Phylum Protochordata (Hemichordata)
– Phylum Chodata
• Class Pisces- fish
• Class Amphibia- frogs etc…
• Class Reptilia- dinosaurs, turtles etc…
• Class Mammalia- mammals