Examine the preserved coelancanth

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Part A

1. Examine the preserved Coelancanth. Is there something in common between the anatomy of the Coelancanth and that of land animals?

2. Examine the preserved Megamouth shark. Given the information on the display, can you make an hypothesis as to what this shark would eat?

Part B Dinosaur

1. "What lived in ancient oceans?"

2. What are some examples of animals that lived in the Western Interior Seaway? How long did the Western Interior Seaway last? Was LA underwater during this time?

3. "Why are there marine fossils in Kansas?"

4. Pick one animal in this case, and describe how it is different than its modern counterpart. I pick up Brachiosaurus(long neck Dinosaur)

Part C Dinosaur

Find wall display "Ancient Seas in Central California?"

1. What is the name of the California State Dinosaur?

2. Why did it end up in the middle of the ocean when it died?

Part D AGE OF MAMMALS

1. Examine the skeleton of Pakicetus attocki (#9). What part of the anatomy shares derived traits with whales?

2. 50 million years about "sea cow" and "Origin of Sirenia"

What is unusual about the teeth of the manatee?

Part E Age of Mammals.

"From Land to Sea, Allodesmus gracilis #38"

1. What evidence do we have that this marine mammal was a deep diver? What does this mean about the paleoenvironment of Sharktooth Hill?

Find "Manatees, Sea Cows, and Dugongs, Dusisiren jordani #40" - two hanging specimens, adult and juvenile

2. Why do we no longer see direct descendants of Jordan's sea cows today?

Part F

1. Find "How do we know about climate change?"

2. Which type of fossils are being used by scientists to tell us about climate change?

3. Look closely at the dropstones within the Alaska Core.

(a) What are dropstones?

(b) What is the original source?

4. Examine the California Core and read the labels along side the sections of the core.

(a) Is the core the same color and texture from bottom to top?

(b) How does the look (color & texture) of the nannofossil claystone differ from the volcanic ash?

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