Knowledge Geological Comments and techniques and understanding skills f. Distinctive sedimentary structures [lamination/bedding, cross bedding, graded bedding, ripple marks, desiccation cracks] are characteristic of their environments of deposition. Fossils are indicators The following Identify the following fossil of past environments: morphological features groups on the basis of their reef-building should be recognized in morphology [trilobite, corals [marine, these fossil groups: ammonite, coral, plants, shallow, warm] trace fossils burrows, – trilobite Corals; septa. footprints], as seen in hand [marine], specimens, ammonite Trilobites; cephalon, diagrams/photographs. [marine] thorax, pygidium, eye. plants Ammonites; suture [terrestrial, indicating past line. Plants; leaf, stem, climate] trace fossils root. [tracks indicating Trace Fossils; terrestrial, footprints, burrows. burrows indicating shallow water].
Knowledge and understanding Geological techniques and skills Comments f. Distinctive sedimentary structures [lamination/bedding, cross bedding, graded bedding, ripple marks, desiccation cracks] are characteristic of their environments of deposition. Fossils are indicators of past environments: reef-building corals [marine, shallow, warm] trilobite [marine], ammonite [marine] plants [terrestrial, indicating past climate] trace fossils [tracks indicating terrestrial, burrows indicating shallow water]. Identify the following fossil groups on the basis of their morphology [trilobite, ammonite, coral, plants, trace fossils – burrows, footprints], as seen in hand specimens, diagrams/photographs. The following morphological features should be recognized in these fossil groups: Corals; septa. Trilobites; cephalon, thorax, pygidium, eye. Ammonites; suture line. Plants; leaf, stem, root. Trace Fossils; footprints, burrows.
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