Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [OFFICIAL CATALOG]

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ERSC 3460 - Paleobiology


Three hours lecture. one 12 day field trip and two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.

The evolution and ecological structure of the biosphere from the origin of life to the present emphasizing the evolution and paleobiology of animal life as shown by the fossil record. Lectures discuss the methods used to interpret the fossil record, and cover topics such as ontogeny, speciation, phylogeny and systematics, functional anatomy, biogeography, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and macroevolution. Laboratories will focus on paleobiological principles that can be demonstrated by the major groups of invertebrates that are common in the geologic record.

Prerequisites: ERSC 1303/1103, or BIOL 1400  or BIOL 1401 , or consent of instructor; ERSC 3320  recommended.



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