PDF-Brachiopods

Arthropods Bryozoans Macrofossils Invertebrates IG1O8S ROCS Tuff Basaltic flows Banded igneous rock Granitic Rock Porphyritic rock Ore MTAMORPIC ROCS 4uartzite Schist Folded schist Folded Gneiss. They have two shells or valves that are often composed of the mineral calcite calcium carbonate Brachiopods have a coiled feeding organ called a lophophore that is protected by its valves There are two major divisions Classes of brachiopods the inar  . Kingdom. . Kingdom. : . Animalia. Phylum. . Phylum. : . Arthropoda. Class. . Class. : . Insecta. Order. . Order. : . Coleoptera. (beetles). Family. . Family. : . Carabidae. Genus. . At night they use their natural jet propulsion to maneuver up over 325 meters to feed. . Why an “explosion”?. What were conditions like at the end of the . Proterozoic. ?. . Supercontinent was breaking up. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 www.Fossils-facts-and-finds.com ACROSS 1 a cousin of the brachiopods 6 the oldest living order of brachiopods 7 a tube for gather Marko Manojlovic . UC Santa Cruz. Brachiopods vs Bivalves. “Every zoologist acknowledges the inferiority of the . Bryozoa. and the Brachiopods when compared with the [Bivalves]….Now if any fact is well established in Paleontology, it is the . Marko Manojlovic. UC Santa Cruz. Brachiopods vs Bivalves. “. Every zoologist acknowledges the inferiority of the . Bryozoa. and the Brachiopods when compared with the . [. B. ivalves. ]….Now if any fact is well established in .