EEMB 136- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 123 pages long!)
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The eras of the phanerozoic (in order) The periods of the phanerozoic (in order) The epochs of the tertiary (in order) The numerical ages of the hadean/archean boundary (4 ga), the archean/proterozoic boundary (2. 5 ga), the proterozoic/phanerozoic boundary (ok, 541 rounded off to 550ma), the paleozoic/mesozoic boundary (ok, 252 rounded off to 250ma), and the. 1680s, robert hooke: fossils that represent pre-existing life. Begin to see fossils exhibiting similarities: cycle of pre-existing life. 1970: paleontology as a part of geology and biology. =a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certain. Familiar with shallow time: human time (250 million old) Neontology: ecological time the branch of zoology dealing with living forms as distinct from fossils. Allow us to exercise biological uniformitarianism: use present day chemical an physical behaviors to make the interpretation that it happened before. Each fingerprint in time get berried in ground ertainty l and. Each fingerprint in time get berried in ground.