|
Week |
Lecture Topic |
Lecture chapter / Readings |
Lab
Topics
|
Lab Chapter |
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1 Jan
25-27 |
Introduction: quality
of fossil record |
P.
2-3, 10-19; 70-72; Foote Chap 1 pdf / Shubin Ch 1 - Q due 1/27 |
Fossilization |
p. 57-70; Foote Ch 1
p. 2-9 |
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2 Feb 1-3 |
Taphonomy:
lagerstaatens, fossilization, biomineralization |
Ch 3 /
Dornbos &
Bottjer 2001 - Q due 2/1 |
Protists |
Ch 9 Lab Q |
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3 Feb 8-10 |
2/8
meet in library 2010 @ 9 am Evolution: Darwin,
Mendel, and Modern synthesis Database
assignment due 2/10 |
P. 116-128 / Gould Fact
or Theory
Q due 2/10 |
Sponges and Corals |
Ch 11 Lab Q |
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4 Feb 15-17 Feb
15 Furlough - No Class |
Species &
speciation, putting names on fossils, systematics Topic
proposal due 2/17 |
Brachiopods &
Bryozoans |
Ch 12 Lab Q |
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5 Feb 22-24 Feb
23 Furlough - No Class |
Systematics Exam1
on 2/24 |
/
Gee 1999 Q
due 2/22 |
No
Lab - Furlough |
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6 Mar 1-3 |
Populations, adaptive
radiations, functional morphology, how fossils worked Outline
& bibliography due 3/1 |
Ch
6; p. 542-544 / |
Systematics intro to
triloboids |
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7 Mar 8-10 |
Paleoecology;
environments, communities, behavior in the fossil record |
Ch 4
/ Gaines & Droser 2003
due 3/10 |
Review for lab exam |
|
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8 Mar 15-17 Mar
15 Furlough - No Class |
Isotope basics;
reconstructing ancient climates using fossils, paleoceanography Triloboids
due 3/17 |
P. 103-113; Foote
Isotopes pdf / Corfield &
Norris, 1998 - No Q but know this basic material |
Lab
Exam
(through Brachiopods & Bryozoans) |
|
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9 Mar 22-24 |
Catch up week - I know
I will be behind First
draft due 3/24 |
/
Koch
& Behrensmeyer 1992 due 3/22 also Lewin 1989 - No Q due |
Arthropods |
Ch 14 Lab Q |
|
10 Mar
29-31 |
Spring
Break - Relax, enjoy |
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11 Apr 5-7 |
Paleobiogeography,
patterns of diversity and plate tectonics |
Ch 2; p. 534-553
/ Jackson & Johnson
2001 due 4/7 |
Molluscs |
Ch 13 Lab Q |
|
12 Apr 12-14 April
13 Furlough - No Class |
Biostratigraphy,
quantitative biostratigraphy, succession and replacement in the fossil
record Exam
2 on 4/14 |
Ch 2 |
No
Lab - Furlough |
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13 Apr 19-21 |
Evolutionary patterns
and trends, Precambrian evolution, Ediacaran fauna |
Ch 8; p. 234-249 |
Biostratigraphy lab |
P. 22-40 |
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14 Apr 26-28 |
Cambrian radiation, the
three great Phanerozoic faunas, Phanerozoic diversity patterns Final
draft due 4/26 |
P. 249-259; 528-529 |
Echinoderms |
Ch 15 Lab Q |
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15 May 3-5 |
Mesozoic faunal
revolution, red queen hypothesis, patterns in extinction Biostrat
lab due 5/3 |
Ch 7; Box 13.9 on p. 358 |
Talks - poster sessions |
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16 May 10-12 |
Extinctions, the
“sixth” extinction, Future of paleontology |
Ch 7 |
Lab
exam - full class period |
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Fri
May 21 |
Final
Lecture Exam 8-10 AM in classroom
ABSOLUTELY, NO MAKEUP EXAMS! |
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