BIOLOGY 4429 EXAM 1, FALL 1996
1. List four characteristics of the Phylum Chordata (1 pt each)
2. List 11 characteristics (in order of decreasing importance) that are used to distinguish living mammals. (2 pts each)
3. List the four bones in the mammalian middle ear region and their reptilian homologs. (1 pt each)
3. State two reasons why teeth are so important to mammalian paleontologists. (2 pts each)
4. What is the only unambiguously nonprimitive character that is used to define the Metatheria (2 pts)
5-10. Define and state the significance of any 6 of the following. Where appropriate state what taxon (-a) the term is associated with. (4 points each)
11-18. Classify, characterize, and give the zoogeographic distribution and/or geologic age of any 8 of the following. (5 points each)