History of Life

Undergraduate

The morphology, classification and evolution of the major groups of animals and plants in the fossil record. Emphasis will be on invertebrate paleontology, but attention will be given to the origin of life, Precambrian fossils, trace fossils, micro-fossils, fossil algae, vascular plants, lower vertebrates, dinosaurs and man. Laboratory work will include a systematic survey of the major groups of organisms having a fossil record. (3h lab). Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1123 or GEOL 1023 with minimum grades of C-.