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B015678 - PALEONTOLOGY AND LABORATORY
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Academic Year 2017-18
Course year
Second year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Earth Sciences (DST)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
GEO/01 - PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY
Credits
12
Teaching Hours
108
Teaching Term
18/09/2017 ⇒ 22/12/2017
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Fossils. Fossilization. Ecology and paleoecology. Classification and concept of species. Evolutionary theories. Biostratigraphy. Chronostratigraphy, Isotope stratigraphy. Paleobiogeography. History of life. Systematics: Protista, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Brachiopoda and Arthropoda. Laboratory of applied stratigraphy.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Storia della paleontologia
Rudwick M.J.S. (2014). Earth’s deep history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Monroe and Wicander 1997- The changing earth. Exploring geology and evolution. West/Wadsworth;
Paleontologia generale
Raffi S. & Serpagli E. (1993). Introduzione alla paleontologia. UTET, Scienze della Terra Torino.
Sistematica
Clarkson E.N.K (1998). Invertebrate paleontology and evolution. Wiley & Blackwell, New Jersey.
Rudwick M.J.S. (2014). Earth’s deep history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Monroe and Wicander 1997- The changing earth. Exploring geology and evolution. West/Wadsworth;
Paleontologia generale
Raffi S. & Serpagli E. (1993). Introduzione alla paleontologia. UTET, Scienze della Terra Torino.
Sistematica
Clarkson E.N.K (1998). Invertebrate paleontology and evolution. Wiley & Blackwell, New Jersey.
Learning Objectives
This course is designed to give an introduction to the origin of fossil remains, to the evolution, stratigraphic distribution and paleoenvironmental significance of past organisms. The course is also designed to provide the basics of geochronology based on biological and geological events, as well as of the systematics, functional morphology and physiology of marine invertebrates in their paleoecologic context.
Prerequisites
Courses to be used as recommended requirements:
Geology 1
Geology 1
Teaching Methods
Lectures, practical and lab classes
Further information
Mandatory laboratory. Students must attend at least 2/3 of the lessons
Type of Assessment
Practical and oral tests.
Course program
Taphonomy and fossilization. Ecology and paleoecology. Fossils as environmental indicators. Population structure and dynamics. Classification and concept of species. Theories of evolution from Lamarck to punctuated equilibria. Biostratigraphy, basics of Magnetostratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology. Isotope stratigraphy. Stratigraphic correlations and integrated stratigraphy. Paleobiogeography. The origin of the biosphere, the history of life from the primeval organic components to present life, major paleobiological events and palaeoenvironmental changes. Marine environment. Ecology and Paleoecology. Invertebrate paleontology: taxonomy, morphology and evolution of Protista, Cnidaria, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Brachiopoda and Artropoda. Laboratory of applied stratigraphy.