Overview
Description
Theoretical concepts of evolution, phylogeny, extinction, paleoecology, paleoclimatology and biostratigraphy. Laboratory exercises cover the morphology of invertebrate taxa and an introduction to vertebrates and microfossils.
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- use taxomic literature to identify a suite of ~100 representative invertebrate fossils, mostly at the family level.
- demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of evolution, extinction, phylogeny, paleoecology, biogeography.
- demonstrate a working knowledge the various applications of paleontology to interpret ancient environments, biostratigraphy, and paleoclimatology and be able to summarize case studies from the recent literature.