2002 Spring BIOLOGY 145L-001

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Title FOSSILS/APPLICATIONS
Department BIOLOGY
Course Number2002 Spring 145L
Section Number 001
Primary Instructor Corliss,Bruce H
Primary Instructor Wray,Gregory
Prerequisites

Prerequisites
Not open to students who have taken Earth and Ocean Sciences 90S. EOS 41 or BIO 25 recommended.
Synopsis of course content
Topics
* Introduction to the Study of Fossils (Chapter 1)
* Fossilization (Chapter 1)
* Describing Fossils
* Ontogenetic Variability and Phenotypic Variations (Chapter 2)
* The Species Concept (Chapter 3)
* The Higher Categories (Chapter 4)
* Evolution (Chapter 5)
* Extinctions (Chapter 6)
* Functional Morphology (Chapter 7)
* Marine Ecology (Chapter 8)
* Paleoecology (Chapter 8)
* Biogeography and Climate (Chapter 9)
* Biostratigraphy: Use of Fossils in Studying the Geological Record (Chapter 10)
* On Research Papers and Presentations
* Field Trip Preparation
* Trace Fossils (Chapter 18)
* Pollen as Climatic Indicators
* Use of Microfossils in Marine Paleoclimatic Research
* Chemistry of Microfossils: Time markers and climatic proxies
* Cenozoic Climates: Ice Accumulation at the Poles
* Quaternary Climates:Waxing and Waning of Northern Hemisphere Ice
* High Resolution Climate Records from the last 10,000 Years


Lab Topics


Microfossils
Porifera and Archaeocyatha
Cnidarians
Bryozoa
Echinoderms
Trilobites
Lab mid-term
Brachiopods
Gastropods and Bivalves
Cephalopods
Graptolites, Conodonts
Textbooks
Prothero, D. R., Bringing Fossils to Life, 2nd edition.
Assignments


Exams
Two hour exams and one final exam
Term Papers
One term paper or project to be done during the course of the semester.
Grade to be based on
Two hour exams
Final exam
Laboratory exercises and exams
Paper or project
Additional Information
Overnight field trip to the coastal plain of North Carolina to collect a variety of invertebrate and vertebrate fossils and to the Duke University Marine Laboratory to collect live invertebrates.
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