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| Paleontology | |||
| PALEONTOLOGY | |||
| CLASS CODE: | GEOL 480 | CREDITS: 3 | FEE: $50.00 |
| DIVISION: | PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | GEOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: | Distribution, morphology, paleoecology, and evolution of organisms in the geologic record. Includes vertebrates, invertebrates, and plant life. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | This general course is offered as an elective for the student who is interested in gaining greater understanding in the occurrence, development, taxonomic relationships, and paleoecologic significance of major invertebrate and vertebrate fossil animal groups as well as a brief introduction to fossil plants. A student preparing to teach earth science or biological science would find this course helpful. Also geology majors interested in petroleum or field related areas would want to take this course. | ||
| TOPICS: | 1. Introduction to Fossil Records 2. Species and Variation 3. Systematics 4. Evolution and Extinction 5. Morphology 6. Paleoecology, Biogeography, Ichnofossils 7. Biostratigraphy 8. Micropaleo 9. Sponges, Archaeocyathids, Cnidarians 10. Brachiopods and Bryozoans 11. Molluscs 12. Anthropods 13. Echinoderms 14. Vertebrates, Fish, Amphibians 15. Reptiles 16. Mammals 17. Intro to Paleobotany |
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| OBJECTIVES: | A student completing this course will demonstrate by testing a basic understanding of fossil life forms and their occurrence in time and space. Skills in collecting, extraction, preparation, and identification of fossils will also be demonstrated by the student. | ||
| REQUIREMENTS: | Attendance on required field trips is expected. | ||
| PREREQUISITES: | Geol 112 or a general biology class. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2002 | ||