| Phylum | Class | | Common Name | Genus | Counts | | Totals |
| Brachiopoda | | | Brachiopods | Devonochonetes | 44 | | 204 |
| | | | | Tropidoleptus | 40 |
| | | | | Chonetes | 25 | | | | | Brachiopods | Pelecypods | All Molluscs |
| | | | | Leiorhyncus | 16 | | | | Total counts | 204 | 49 | 65 |
| | | | | Protoleptostrophia | 14 | | | | Richness |
| | | | | Eodevonaria | 11 | | | | Shannon diversity index |
| | | | | Mucospirifer | 9 | | | | eH |
| | | | | Pustulatia | 8 | | | | Evenness |
| | | | | Tylothyris | 6 | | | | % Dominant Taxon |
| | | | | Ptychomaletoechia | 5 |
| | | | | Cupulorostrum | 4 |
| | | | | Cyrtospirifer | 4 |
| | | | | Schuchertella | 4 | | | | Guidelines: For this paper, do the diversity calculations above for |
| | | | | Spinocyrtia | 4 | | | | the three general groupings listed. The comparison between |
| | | | | Atrypa | 3 | | | | brachiopods and pelecypods (clams) is particularly interesting since |
| | | | | Leptaena | 2 | | | | their similarity in lifestyles and filter-feeding make them competitors. |
| | | | | Productella | 2 | | | | Do some research on the various invertebrates groups and attempt to |
| | | | | Athyris | 1 | | | | describe the relations that might have occured between these groups |
| | | | | Orbiculoidea | 1 | | | | as they functioned in the marine community that existed here. |
| | | | | Spinatrypa | 1 | | | | Pay attention to reproduction strategies, predator/ prey relations |
| Mollusca | Bivalvia | | Pelecypods (Clams) | Orthonota | 10 | | 49 | | (if any), competetive relations, feeding strategies, and even |
| | | | | Nuculites | 7 | | | | potential mutualistic relations. Given this collection of |
| | | | | Praecardium | 6 | | | | organisms, what kinds of abiotic conditions would have been |
| | | | | Leiopteria | 5 | | | | necessary for survival? You should use legitimate on-line |
| | | | | Nuculoidea | 5 | | | | sources or books in the lab or in the library. I'm asking you |
| | | | | Modiomorpha | 4 | | | | to take a stab at working in the field of paleoecology even if |
| | | | | Pseudaviculopectin | 4 | | | | it's only at an amateur level. I'm not looking for a book on |
| | | | | Grammysioidea | 2 | | | | the traits of each organism. I'm interested in the relationships |
| | | | | Mytilarca | 2 | | | | between groups and their general niches in the ecosystem. Many |
| | | | | Palaeoneilo | 2 | | | | may serve very similar functions in the ecosystem and can be |
| | | | | Actinopteria | 1 | | | | considered as a single group in your discussion. I suspect that will be |
| | | | | Paracylas | 1 | | | | the case for the brachiopods and the pelecypods. |
| | Gastropoda | | Gastropods (Snails) | Tropidodiscus | 6 | | 13 |
| | | | | Bembexia | 4 |
| | | | | Cyclonema | 1 |
| | | | | Holopea | 1 |
| | | | | Platyceras | 1 |
| | Cephalopoda | | Cephalopods | Striacoceras | 3 | | 3 |
| Cnidaria | Anthozoa | | Corals | Pleurodictyum | 2 | | 3 |
| | | | | Favosites | 1 |
| Bryozoa | Gymnolaemata | | Bryozoans | Fenestella | 6 | | 6 |
| Arthropoda | Trilobita | | Trilobites* | Trimerus | 2 | | 5 |
| | | | | Greenops | 1 |
| | | | | Phacops | 2 |
| Echinodermata | Crinoidea | | Crinoids (Sea Lilies) | Columnals | 21 | | 21 |
| Annelida | Polychaeta | | Polychaete worm? | Zoophycos (trace fossil) | 4 | | 4 |
| * I added some trilobite numbers from earlier trips, since trilobites in general are pretty rare. |
Kassy
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