Textbook
2009, Benton, M. J & Harper, D. A. T. Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record
Provisional Course Content
(subject to change)
MODULE 1: Invertebrates
Echinoderms
Bryozoans / Oceanic Circulation
MODULE 2: Early Life and the evolution of skeletons
Early Life
The rise of the Metazoa and Snowball Earth
Phanerozoic Diversification
MODULE 3: Vertebrate Paleontology and Trace Fossils
Vertebrates
Hominids
Trace Fossils
MODULE 4: Species and Diversification
Species and Speciation
Taxonomy (Chitinozoa case study)
Paleobiogeograph
MODULE 5: Paleontology an Earth System Science
Earth System Science and Extinction Events
Permian Extinction
K-Pg Extinction
MODULE 6: STUDENT LED SEMINARS
Provisional Lab Content
(subject to change)
- Geological Time
- Seminar and poster bootcamp
- Echinoderms / Bryozoans
- Precambrian/Cambrian faunas
- Vertebrates
- Hominids
- Trace fossils
- Species and Taxonomy
- Paleobiogeography