Principles of Paleontology

GEOL-G 304

Prerequisites: G119 or G335 or consent of instructor

Semester(s) Offered:
Spring

Biological principles applied to the fossil record. Examination of the quality of the fossil record, taxonomic principles and procedures, analytical techniques, evolutionary theory, evolution and paleoecology of species, populations and communities, diversification and extinction, paleogeography. Laboratories: systematics, stratigraphic distribution, and ecology of major fossilized invertebrate phyla.