GEOL 205 Course Syllabus

   

  Date

 Day

 Topic

 Reading

 Assignment

         

 9/5

R

 Introduction: Why Study Paleo? Paleo Materials

   
         

9/10

T

 Microfossils I

Braiser

 

 9/12

 R

 Microfossils II

 Braiser

 
 

9/17

T

Archaeocyathida & Porifera

4

 

9/19

R

Cnidaria & Reef Builders

5

 
         

9/24

T

Bryozoa & Epibionts

6 / Reprints

 

9/26

R

Paleoecology

pp. 13-19

 
         

10/1

T

Brachiopoda I

7

 

10/3

R

 Brachiopoda II

7

 
         

10/8

T

Functional Morphology

pp. 20

 

10/10

R

Ontongeny & Speciation

2

 
         

10/15

T

 Annelida & Ichnology

12.7

 

10/17

R

Midterm Exam
   
         

 10/22

T

Paleobotany. Hermann Pfefferkorn

 Handouts

 

10/24

R

Arthropoda I

11

 
         

10/29

T

 Arthropoda II

11

 

10/31

R

Mollusca I: Pelecypoda

 
         

11/5

T

Mollusca II: Gastropoda

8

 

11/7

R

Mollusca III: Cephlapoda & More

8

 
         

11/12

T

 Graptolites & Conodonts

10

 

11/14

R

Biogeography & Biostratigraphy

pp. 20-23

 
         

11/19

T

 Evolution & Systematics

1

 

11/21

R

Thanksgiving Break

   
         

11/26

T

 Echinodermata: Crinoids

9

 

11/28

R

Echinodermata: Blastoids

9

 
          

12/3

T

 Echinodermata: Other

9

 

12/5

R

 Conclusions: Why study Paleo?

 
         

 12/13

F

  Final Exam   11am-1pm

 

 Bring your lunch!