Principles of Paleontology
Spring 2007
Class Meetings: Monday & Wednesday - 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm, SL 085
LECTURE SCHEDULE
WEEK |
TOPIC |
CHAPTER |
|
| January | 8 |
Preservation and the Fossil Record | 1 |
|
15 |
Describing a Single Specimen / Ontogenetic Variation | 2 |
|
22 |
Populations | 3 |
|
29 |
Species (Cladistics Diagram - Speciation Example) | 3 |
|
| February | 5 |
Higher Taxonomic Categories & the Identification of Fossils | 4 |
12 |
Adaptation and Functional Morphology | 7 |
|
19 |
Adaptation and Functional Morphology | 7 |
|
26 |
MIDTERM EXAM / Biostratigraphy |
10 |
|
| March | 5 |
Biostratigraphy | 10 |
12 |
NO CLASSES - SPRING BREAK | ||
19 |
Paleoecology | 8 |
|
26 |
Paleoecology | 8 |
|
| April | 2 |
Evolution (Digital Organisms Example) | 5 |
9 |
Extinction | 6 |
|
16 |
Biogeography | 9 |
|
23 |
Reports/Review | ||
| May | 2 |
FINAL EXAM (Biostratigraphy through Biogeography) |
LABORATORY SCHEDULE
Class Meets: Mondays - 2:50 pm -4:45 pm
Internet-Based Exercises are Linked to Each Week's Topic & are Due the Following Lab Period.
DATE |
TOPIC |
PAGES |
|
| January | 8 | Fossil Preservation | Handout |
| 15 | MK Holiday - No Class | ||
22 |
Protista (Foraminifera & Radiolaria) | 188-213 | |
|
29 |
Archaeocyatha and Porifera | 214-222 | |
| February | 5 |
Cnidaria | 223-229 |
| 12 | Bryozoa | 244-251 | |
19 |
Brachiopoda | 230-244 | |
26 |
Mollusca I - Gastropods; Sinister Snails Link | 281-295 | |
| March | 5 |
Mollusca II - Pelecypods | 295-307 |
12 |
NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK | ||
19 |
Mollusca III - Cephalopods | 307-317 | |
26 |
Arthropoda | 252-279 | |
| April | 2 |
Echinodermata I & II | 318-341 |
9 |
Graptolites | 345-348 | |
16 |
Conodonts | 353-356 | |
23 |
Trace Fossils (web exercise combined with Conodonts) | 418-433 |
GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Journal
Holdings - University Library
- Use
Paleobiology Formatting Instructions.
Here is an
example
of a recent manuscript submitted to Paleobiology
(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
RESEARCH PAPER TOPICS - Which ones are still available?
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - Your research paper will be the basis of a presentation on the last day of class. This will be a popularized account of your work designed for a nonscientific audience and it should include appropriate illustrations. Prepare your report and your presentation early so that you receive comments from your peers. It will be graded on the last day of class (April 26) and account for 15% of your course grade.
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TO the