Paleo Lab Group Project

Goal:  To prepare a brief overview and key to the assigned taxon from the fieldtrip site.  This will be presented orally by the group, and will include a handout for the class that contains the following information:

Title:  Field Guide to the __________ of the Upper Ordovician Limestone

Caesar's Creek State Park, Waynesville, Ohio

By Group Members:

 

I.  Brief Introduction to the Field Area (e.g., What, Where, When, How)

 

II.  Your Group's Assigned Taxon - Brief overview of the class or subclass.

 

III.  Dichotomous Key (This is a simple key based on the genera you found at the Caesar's Creek Spillway)

 

IV.  Paleoecological Interpretation (Scavenger, herbivore, carnivore?  Signs of predation, preservation, current direction?)

 

V.  Facies Interpretation (Energy of the environment, trends in shallowing or deepening)

 

VI.  References (Full citations of references including web pages used to prepare this handout)