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Trilobytes
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3 lobes
- left
- central
- right
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cross-divisions
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headshield
- compound eyes
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trunk
- segments
- tailpiece
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shed shells
- broke into pieces
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Crinoids
- calcite plates
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umbrella like arms
- tube feet
- pick up food particles
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avoided mud
- clogs them up
- animals, not plants
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rays with multiple arms
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pinnules on arms
- branches
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Corals
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silurian corals
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rugose
- colonial
- solitary
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Summary
- skeleton shell
- corallite
- radial partitions
- septa
- parents
- split up
- asexual reproduction
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tabulate
- colonial
- smaller corallites
- smaller/absent septa
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modern corals
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scleractinian
- conspicuous septa
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aragonite skeleton
- not calcite
- dissolves
- less specimens
- generally warm, clear, shallow seas
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symbiotic relationship with algae
- photosynthesise
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likely that ancient corals lived in warm water
- palaeozoic & scleractinian unrelated
- no evidence for palaezoic corals and algae