1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Course objectives:
Description and classification of various fossil invertebrate groups. Acquaint students with their skeletal structure, paleoecological requirements and evolutionary trends through the geological past. The importance of fossil invertebrates for determining the age of deposits and for the reconstruction of paleoenvironments.

Course content (syllabus):
Introduction to the fossil invertebrates. Classification and their stratigraphic ranges
2) Parazoa: Porifera, Stromatoporoidea, Archaeocyatha
3) Cnidaria: Anthozoa
4) Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Conularida, Cubozoa
5) Mollusca: Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia I
6) Mollusca: Bivalvia II
7) Mollusca: Gastropoda
8) Mollusca: Cephalopoda with an external skeleton - nautilids, ammonites
9) Mollusca: Cephalopoda with an internal skeleton - belemnites, cuttlefish, squids, octopuses
10) Annelida, Bryozoa
11) Brachiopoda
12) Arthropoda: Trilobitomorpha
13) Arthropoda: Crustacea, Chelicerata, Tracheata
14) Echinodermata: Crinoidea, Blastoidea, Ophiuroidea, Asteroidea, Holothuroidea
15) Echinodermata: Echinoidea, Hemichordata

1. Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology, Prothero, D.R. (2003): Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology, Wcb/McGraw-Hill, New York, Prothero, D.R., Wcb/McGraw-Hill, New York, 2003.
2. Earth: Geologic Principles And History, Chernicoff, S. Fox, H.A., Tanner, L.H. (2002): Earth: Geologic Principles And History, Houghton Mifflin Com. Boston, New York, Chernicoff, S. Fox, H.A., Tanner, L.H., Houghton Mifflin Com. Boston, New York, 2002.
3. Fossil Invertebrates, Taylor, P.D., Lewis, D.N. (2005): Fossil Invertebrates, Harward University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Taylor, P.D., Lewis, Harward University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005.
4. Earth Science and the Environment, Thompson, G.R., Turk, J. (1999): Earth Science and the Environment, Harcout Brace College Publishers, Orlando, Thompson, G.R., Turk, J., Harcout Brace College Publishers, Orlando, 1999.
5. Physical Geology Earth Revealed, McGeary, D., Plummer, C.C., Carlson, D.H. (2004): Physical Geology Earth Revealed, McGraw Hill, Boston, McGeary, D., Plummer, C.C., Carlson, D.H., McGraw Hill, Boston, 2004.

Enrollment :
Passed : General Paleontology
Passed : Physical geology

Mandatory course - Regular study - Geology