Invertebrate Paleontology

  1. Phylum Mollusca
    1. General Characteristics
      1. Body Plan
        1. Shell Structure and Composition
          1. Radula and Feeding
          2. Class Bivalvia
            1. Shell Morphology and Orientation
              1. Equivalve vs. Inequivalve
                1. Left and Right Valves
                2. Dentition and Ligament
                  1. Hinge Teeth Types
                    1. Ligament Position and Function
                    2. Muscle Scars and Pallial Line
                      1. Adductor Muscle Scars
                        1. Pallial Sinus
                        2. Life Habits
                          1. Infaunal
                            1. Epifaunal
                              1. Byssal Attachment
                                1. Boring
                                  1. Cementing
                                  2. Major Fossil Groups
                                  3. Class Gastropoda
                                    1. Shell Morphology
                                      1. Coiling
                                        1. Dextral
                                          1. Sinistral
                                          2. Spire and Whorl Structure
                                            1. Aperture and Ornamentation
                                            2. Operculum
                                              1. Life Habits
                                                1. Herbivores
                                                  1. Carnivores
                                                    1. Detritivores
                                                    2. Major Fossil Groups
                                                    3. Class Cephalopoda
                                                      1. General Morphology
                                                        1. Chambered Shells
                                                          1. Siphuncle
                                                            1. Soft Body Anatomy
                                                            2. Subclass Nautiloidea
                                                              1. Shell Structure
                                                                1. Evolutionary History
                                                                2. Subclass Ammonoidea
                                                                  1. Shell Morphology and Buoyancy
                                                                    1. The Suture Pattern
                                                                      1. Goniatitic
                                                                        1. Ceratitic
                                                                          1. Ammonitic
                                                                          2. Biostratigraphic Importance
                                                                            1. Extinction Patterns
                                                                            2. Subclass Coleoidea
                                                                              1. Internal Shells
                                                                                1. Belemnites
                                                                                  1. Guard Structure
                                                                                    1. Geological Range
                                                                                2. Other Fossil Molluscan Classes
                                                                                  1. Scaphopoda
                                                                                    1. Morphology and Ecology
                                                                                    2. Monoplacophora
                                                                                      1. Morphology and Significance
                                                                                      2. Rostroconchia
                                                                                        1. Morphology and Evolutionary Relationships

                                                                                    Previous

                                                                                    7. Phylum Brachiopoda

                                                                                    Go to top

                                                                                    Next

                                                                                    9. Phylum Arthropoda