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An IntroductionTo Fossils

Palaeontologist, Hidden HorizonsDirector, Yorkshire Fossil Festival

Dr Liam Herringshaw

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Invertebrates

Image from Telford et al. (2015)

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Invertebrates

Acervularia (coral)

Phymosoma (echinoid)

Hefriga (shrimp)

Gissocrinus (crinoid)

Echioceras (ammonite)

Calymene (trilobite)

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Invertebrates

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Corals

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/anthozoamm.html

Acervularia

Scleractinia Rugosa

Patterns of septal arrangement

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Molluscs

Image from Wikimedia Commons

Echioceras

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Arthropods

Regier et al. (2010) https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08742

Hefriga Calymene

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Trilobites!

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Echinoderms

Clark (1921) from Wikimedia Commons

Gissocrinus Phymosoma

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Next week: vertebrates

Today’s slides are onwww.fossilhub.org

Image from Wikimedia Commons

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http://www.fossilhub.org/