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    The document describes the classification, life history, structure, and ecology of brachiopods. It discusses their phylum, diagnostic features, larval and adult stages, how they live attached to the sea floor, the composition and differences of their shells, feeding organs, ornamentation, major classes, and paleoenvironmental indicators.

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    UNIVERSIDADE NACIONAL TIMOR LOROSA’E

    FACULDADE ENGENHARIA CIÊNCIA E TECNÓLOGIA


    DEPARTAMENTO GEOLOGIA E PETRÓLEO
    DISCIPLINA AULA PRÁTICA PETROLOGIA

    Name: Date
    Sample code: Time
    Type sample: Lecture: Osvaldo da Cruz Sarmento L.Eng. Ge. P.
    DESCRIPTION OF FOSSIL PRESERVATION
    Classification
    Phylum Brachiopod Diagnostic Features
    Bilateral symmetry
    Calcareous or chitinous of 2 valve which enclose the body dorsally and ventrally
    Valve are dissimilar (inequivalent) but area equilateral
    Body has a food – gathering apparatus termed “ lophophore”
    Life History
    Larva stage : free swimming for short time
    Adult stage : benthonic (living on sea floor) sessile

    The adult brachiopod live Attached on sea floor


    Cemented to substrate
    Reclining in soft sediment
    Structure of shell

    a. Composition
    Calcium carbonate (calcite)
    Calcium phosphate
    Chitinous organic substance

    b. Differences between dorsal and Ventral valve


    Dorsal valve is usually smaller than ventral valve
    Ventral umbo overhangs dorsal umbo
    Ventral umbo usually contains pedicle

    c. Hinge (situated under umbo, along posterior margin)


    Valve are held together only by muscle and body wall
    Valve area held together by teeth and socket develop on hinge line

    d. Feeding organs
    Brachiopod are filter feeders gathering food particles from passing water currents

    e. Ornamentation
    Concentric growth lines
    Ridges (thickening :costae) or fold (plicae) of wall –usually radial arranged
    Spines for anchoring valve to substrate
    CLASSIFICATION TAXONOMY
    The major group (classes) of brachiopod are classified
    a. Class lingulata
    b. Class Inarticulata
    c. Class Articulta
    ECOLOGY
    Marine benthic Epifaunal
    Paleoenvironment indicators

    (Field Observation in Outcrop)


    Mold
    Cast
    Body skeletal fossil
    Fragment skeletal
    Traces fossil
    Others

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