Phylum

by Ernst Stromer, the man who first discovered it and its name translates to “Spine reptile”. It is estimated to have lived during the Cretaceous period and more specifically between 112-93.5 million years ago. (10) The Spinosaurus belongs to the Phylum of Chordata, meaning it has a hollow nerve chord ending in a brain, the Class of Archosauria, meaning it is a diapsid amniote, the Order of Saurischia, meaning it is lizard-hipped, the Suborder of Theropoda, meaning it is a carnivore, and finally…

ing Lama Sherpa GEO 206-01 RESEARCH PROJECT EURYPTERIDS ABSTRACT 1.INTRODUCTION 
Eurypterids are a large extinct group of arthropods that ranged from 10 cm to 2 m in length. They belonged to the extinct order Eurypterida of the phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Chelicerata and class Merostomata. According to the fossil record, the first Eurypterids were present in the mid-Ordovician and they thrived in warm shallow water until the late Permian when they went extinct. Thus, they lived for…

Rippenqualle (German) Venus' girdle, warty comb jelly, these are just some of the names for the Comb Jelly. This animal is “any member of a common genus (Mnemiopsis) of gelatinous, planktonic marine invertebrates of the order Lobata (class Tentaculata, phylum Ctenophora).” (""sea Walnut"." Encyclopædia Britannica.) Because of its pronounced abundance in estuaries in the heavily populated parts of the US and its precarious population growth after the 1980s, the Mnemiopsis Leidyi or Comb Jelly,…

Classification Escherichia coli is a bacterium that is mostly found in humans and other animals. It is a unicellular micro-organism, making its Domain and Kingdom Bacteria. E. coli’s Phylum is Proteobacteria because it is a gram-negative bacterium. It is also in the Phylum Proteobacteria because of the lipopolysaccharides that protect the cell membrane. E. coli is a facultative anaerobic G- bacterium, making its Class Gamma Proteobacteria. Because of its rod-shape, E. coli’s Order is…

Narwhals are part of the phylum Chordate and class Mammalia. They belong to the order Artiodactyla or even-toed ungulates which means they bare their weight on the third and fourth toe and the infraorder Cetacean which includes whales. Their family, Monodontidae, only includes Narwhals and Beluga whales. They are part of a one species genus called Monodon and their scientific name in Monodon Monoceros. Narwhals inhabit the cold deep waters of the Arctic Circle, mostly found in North Eastern…

Insect biodiversity is very large and they are responsible for more than half of the population of eukaryote on the planet. It is approximately 900,000 species of insects have been described and recorded. Insects belong to phylum Arthropoda and class Insecta. Five orders of insects with high species richness include Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera. Insects basic morphology are three pairs of legs, a segmented body divided into three (head, thorax and abdomen) or two,…

Panthera tigris tigris. The genus Panthera includes four species of animals, the tiger, the lion, jaguar, and the leopard, all of which have the ability to roar. The white tigers’s full classification is as follows: Domain: Eukarya; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Felidae; Genus: Panthera; Species: tigris; Subspecies: tigris. Unfortunately today this rare and unique tiger is no longer found in the wild. Years ago the white tiger would…

Observations were made for a neighboring science teacher. Ms. C (whose name will remain confidential) teaches all marine ecology courses. A class typically filled with juniors and seniors. At the school, this is an elective course taken as a student’s final science requirement for graduation. Most of the students who enroll in the class do not wish to take the harder elective options such as an AP class, physics, or chemistry. I observed the teacher during her first block class while she was…

for both children and teenagers. Some of the side affects of this disease include having a sore throat, swollen tonsils, and pain when swallowing . The pathogenic bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes causes this disease. Streptococcus pyogenes is in the phylum Firmicutes, the class Bacilli, the order Lactobacillales and the family Streptococcaeceae (Brenner, 2005). Streptococcus pyogenes natural habitat is the human body, being found in the upper respiratory tract, digestive tract, oral cavity and…

Mexican Spotted Owl The Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) has two other related species of the spotted owls which are the Northern and California spotted owls. Each spotted owl is located in their own geographic area and are considered to be tamed approachable birds by humans. During the day they sit on a tree branch in the deep shade and hunt during the night. The Mexican spotted owl can distinguished by its color, feathers and habitat location. Taxonomy and Morphology The…