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1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA GY 112L: Earth History Lab Mesozoic Part 2 Instructor: Dr. Douglas W. Haywick

2 Today s Agenda The Mesozoic Part 2 1) Mollusks (Cephalopods) 2) Echinoderms 3) Alabama Stratigraphy (surface rocks)

3 Mollusca (Mollusks) Mollusk Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Mollusca Class: Amphineura Bivalvia Gastropoda Cephalopoda Order: Nautiloidea Ammonoidea Belemnoidea

4 Mollusca (Mollusks) Mollusk Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Nautiloidea Ammonoidea Belemnoidea

5 Mollusca (Mollusks) Mollusk Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Nautiloidea Ammonoidea Belemnoidea Range: Nautiloidea (Cambrian-Recent) Ammonoidea (D-K/T) Belemnoidea (M-T)

6 Mollusca (Mollusks) Mollusk Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Range: Nautiloidea (Cambrian-Recent) Ammonoidea (D-K/T) Belemnoidea (M-T) Mode of Life: Marine, pelagic, predators

7 Mollusca (Mollusks) Mollusk Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Range: Nautiloidea (Cambrian-Recent) Ammonoidea (D-K/T) Belemnoidea (M-T) Mode of Life: Marine, predators Mineral composition: aragonite

8 Mollusca (Mollusks) Mollusk Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Range: Nautiloidea (Cambrian-Recent) Ammonoidea (D-K/T) Belemnoidea (M-T) Mode of Life: Marine, predators Mineral composition: aragonite Fossil Pres.: pristine. molds, casts, chalky

9 The Mollusk Animal Nautiloids/Ammonites

10 The Mollusk Animal Belemnites

11 Cephalopod Symmetry

12 Cephalopod Symmetry

13 Cephalopod Symmetry

14 Echinoderms Echinoderm Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Echinodermata

15 Echinoderms Echinoderm Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Crinoidea Cystoidea Blastoidea Echinodea Asteroidea

16 Echinoderms Echinoderm Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Crinoidea Cystoidea Blastoidea Echinodea Asteroidea Range: NeoProterozoic-Recent

17 Echinoderms Echinoderm Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Crinoidea Cystoidea Blastoidea Echinodea Asteroidea Range: NeoProterozoic-Recent Mode of Life: Marine, benthic, scavengers, filter feeders, predators

18 Echinoderms Echinoderm Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Crinoidea Cystoidea Blastoidea Echinodea Asteroidea Range: NeoProterozoic-Recent Mode of Life: Marine, scavengers, filter feeders, predators Mineral composition: calcite

19 Echinoderms Echinoderm Facts: Taxonomy: Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Crinoidea Cystoidea Blastoidea Echinodea Asteroidea Range: NeoProterozoic-Recent Mode of Life: Marine, scavengers, filter feeders, predators Mineral composition: calcite Fossil Pres.: pristine +/-Chalky

20 The Echinoderm Animals Crinoids

21 The Echinoderm Animals Blastoids

22 The Echinoderm Animals Sea Stars

23 The Echinoderm Animals Sand dollars/sea Biscuits

24 Alabama Stratigraphy and Rock Suites Collections of Mesozoic surface rocks from our fair state

25 Alabama Stratigraphy and Rocks Mesozoic surface rocks (Cretaceous)

26 Mesozoic Sedimentation Cretaceous Southern rifting in the Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico stops opening

27 Mesozoic Sedimentation Cretaceous Southern rifting in the Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico stops opening AL Coastal Plain sedimentation

28 Mesozoic Sedimentation North South Only key formations are labeled (those discussed in GY 112)

29 Lab Time

30 GY 112L: Earth History Lab 11: Mesozoic Part 2 Instructor: Dr. Doug Haywick dhaywick@southalabama.edu This is a free open access lecture, but not for commercial purposes. For personal use only.

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