Earth Science Digital Image Library - Paleozoic Brachiopod

Grade Levels

3rd Grade, 4th Grade

Course, Subject

Science and Technology and Engineering Education, Science

Related Academic Standards

CONSTANCY AND CHANGE Recognize that fossils provide us with information about living things that inhabited the Earth long ago

3.3.4.A3 3.3.4.A3

Recognize that fossils provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time.

S8.D.1.1.4 S8.D.1.1.4

Explain how fossils provide evidence about plants and animals that once lived throughout Pennsylvania’s history (e.g., fossils provide evidence of different environments).

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Topic

Geologic History

Description

Brachiopods are among the most common Paleozoic fossils. These invertebrate organisms commonly attached themselves to shells, rocks, or other solid objects. This sample was collected from the Lower Devonian (loose boulder of Alsen or Becraft limestone) of the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Location

Port Ewen, Ulster County, NY

Credits

With support from the Center for Applied Technologies in Education, The Earth Science Digital Image Library is an initiative authored by Russell Agostaro, Newburgh Enlarged City School District, Newburgh, New York.

Description

The Earth Science Digital Image Library is an archive of quality digital images for teacher and/or student reference in their studies of Earth Science. For additional information about the image, please click on a link below:

Earth Science Digital Image Library - Paleozoic Brachiopod