2) Basic types show stasis
3) Complexity at the start
4) Extinction not evolution
5) No ancestor/descedant relationships
6) The fossil record is complete
7) All phyla present at the start
8) Many fossils found throughout the column
9) Most fossils are Marine invertebrates
10) Fossils found in catastrophic deposits
11) Indications of violent death
12) No complete ecosystem
13) Animals and plants from mixed habitats
14) Fossils found mostly on continents