1. Kingdom Kingdom: Animalia Phylum Phylum: Arthropoda
Hierarchy Example
Kingdom Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum Phylum: Arthropoda
Class Class: Insecta
Order Order: Coleoptera (beetles)
Family Family: Carabidae
Genus Genus: Pterostichus
Species Species: Pterostichus johnsoni

2. Marine Habitats

6. Stromatolites
Cross section of a stromatolite showing its characteristic dome layering.

7. Archaeocyathid

8. Trilobites

9. Bivalves and Brachiopods Interior of bivalve shell (Mercenaria)
Internal tissue of Mercenaria
Bivalves and
Brachiopods
Planes of symmetry in brachiopods (l) and bivalves (r)

10. Brachiopods

11. Bivalves http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackcountrymuseums/4830531414/

12. Bivalves http://www.gmss.us/community/fossils/articles/brachs

13. Nautiloid Cephalopods Nautilus

14. Nautiloid cephalopod (Nautilus)
Ammonoid suture pattern
Nautiloid suture pattern

15. Bryozoans
Fenestrate bryozoan
Archimedes bryozoan
Branched bryozoan

16. Crinoids

17. Crinoids http://www.mcz.harvard.edu

18. Crinoid stems

19. Gastropods http://www.ammonite.free-online.co.uk/fgastro.htm

20. Graptolite
Morphology

21. Graptolites

22. Paleozoic Corals Halysites (chain coral) Favosites (honeycomb coral)

23. Paleozoic Corals Tabulate Corals

24. Rugose Corals http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/rugose.gif

25. Rugose Corals http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/lab5b.htm

26. Eurypterids (sea scorpions)