The few complete fossils ... The archaic sponge reef-dwellers of the Cambrian gave way to bryozoans—tiny, group-living animals that built coral-like structures. Ordovician reefs were also ...

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The new fossil site, in Montagne Noire, is one of the world’s richest and most diverse fossil sites from the Lower Ordovician period ... as well as many algae and sponges.

Fossil echinoderms, including the common Cambrian and Ordovician echinoderms figured here (Fig. 1 from Deline, et al., 2021; request permission to use here) have a rich and diverse fossil record.

Porifera ("sponges") - A sponge has a system of holes and canals ... whether you're interested in collecting Late Ordovician fossils, exploring glacier-carved landscapes, or observing streams as they ...

The fossil site also has an abundance of algae and sponges. The remarkable richness ... a newly discovered Early Ordovician Lagerstätte from Montagne Noire, southern France.

Amateurs, too, can look at local rocks to learn about what life was like in the Ordovician Period, 505 to 438 million years ago. Some of our area's unique geological features and the processes that ...

This era of intense bombardment, known as the Ordovician impact spike, may have resulted from meteorites falling from the ring rather than flying in from space, which would explain the strange ...

The main part of the book is devoted to assemblages of intact fossil crinoids, which are described in their geological setting in twenty-three chapters ranging from the Ordovician to the Tertiary. The ...

1. Identify a fossil as a sponge, archeocyathid, rugose, tabulate or scleractinian coral. 2. Know the skeletal structure and material of each of these animals. 3. Know the ecological characteristics ...

"It coincides with the 'great Ordovician biodiversification ... be distantly related to them. The new fossils also include many different types of worms, sponges, barnacles, starfish and a ...

“It coincides with the ‘Great Ordovician Biodiversification ... distantly related to them. The new fossils also include many different types of worms, sponges, barnacles, starfish and a ...