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Union Chapel Mine. Evidence of Change Through Time. Evidence of Change Found at Union Chapel Mine. Cyclothem Tetrapod Trackways Invertebrate Trackways and Traces Plants (back counter) Marine Invertebrates (back counter) Insects and Arachnids (not pictured). Cyclothem. Vertebrate Trackway. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Union Chapel Mine
Evidence of Change Through Time
Evidence of Change Found at Union Chapel Mine
• Cyclothem
• Tetrapod Trackways
• Invertebrate Trackways and Traces
• Plants (back counter)
• Marine Invertebrates (back counter)
• Insects and Arachnids (not pictured)
Cyclothem
Vertebrate Trackway
Tetrapod Evolution
Myriapod Trace
Diplichnites gouldi – closeup of UCM – 393.
Arthropleura
More Invertebrate Traces
Kouphichnium aspodon (right) – the locomotion trace of a Xiphosuran.
Arborichnus repetitus (left) – a Xiphosuran resting trace.
Undichna – A Fishy Trace
Undichna, a fish swimming trace.
A Paleozoic Fish
Tales Told by the Evidence of Union Chapel Mine
• Time Frame
• Coal Swamp
• Alabama During the Pennsylvanian
• Pennsylvanian Global Map
• Plate Tectonics
Geologic Time Scale
The Pennsylvanian Period
Anatomy of a Coal Swamp
Pennsylvanian Forest
Alabama During the Pennsylvanian
The Pennsylvanian World
References• Cyclothem -
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/GeoSciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/LOCAL/Spring2002/Gregory_Harris/cyclothem.JPG
• Trackway of Nanopus reidiae, Myriapod Trace, Kouphichnium, Arborichnus, Undichna - Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama edited by Buta, R.J., A.K. Rindsberg, and D.C. Kopaska-Merkel, Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph No. 1.
• Tetrapod Evolution - http://www.origins.tv/darwin/tetrapod2.jpg• Arthropleura -
http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Arthropleurida/Arthropleura.jpg
• Geologic Time Scale - http://jersey.uoregon.edu/~mstrick/AskGeoMan/AskGeoImages/RelTimeScale.gif
References• Anatomy of a Coal Swamp -
http://smtc.uwyo.edu/coal/images/anatomy_of_a_Swamp.jpg
• Pennsylvanian Forest - http://www.karencarr.com/Images/Gallery/2004_gallery_pennsylvanian.jpg
• Alabama Paleomap – Lacefield, Jim, Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks.
• Late Carboniferous Paleomap - http://www.scotese.com/images/306.jpg