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Geology 315 INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY & PALEOECOLOGY Fall 2007 |
| Weekly laboratory exercises are designed to complement and enliven lecture material on the preservation, paleoecology, classification, and identification of invertebrate organisms. Emphasis is placed on learning paleontological techniques (including dissections), recognizing fossil genera and different invertebrate phyla, and discussing special themes in paleontology. Each lab is worth 10 points. Two 35-point lab quizzes are also scheduled during the term. |
| Lab | Date | Topic |
| 1 | Sept 5 | Theme I: Fossilization |
| FT | Sept 8 (Sat.) | Field trip (required) |
| 2 | Sept 12 | Theme II: Paleoenvironmental reconstructions |
| 3 | Sept 19 | Trilobites and other arthropods |
| 4 | Sept 26 | Porifera, including archaeocyaths and stromatoporoids |
| 5 | Oct 3 | Protozoa I; Theme III: Micropaleontological techniques |
| 6 | Oct 10 | Protozoa II: Completion of forams lab |
| 7 | Oct 17 | Cnidaria |
| 8 | Oct 24 | LAB QUIZ I; Bryozoa |
| 9 | Oct 31 | Brachiopods; Theme IV: Paleoecology |
| 10 | Nov 7 | Pelecypods; Theme V: Functional morphology |
| 11 | Nov 14 | Gastropods and cephalopods |
| Nov 21 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| 12 | Nov 28 | Echinoderms |
| 13 | Dec 5 | LAB QUIZ II; Graptolites, conodonts, and trace fossils |
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