Paleobiology

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines fossil plants and animals and their interactions with the physical world throughout Earth's history. Lectures and lab encompass the concepts of fossil preservation, fossil morphology, fossil identification, systematics, evolution, extinction, paleoecology and biostratigraphy. PREREQUISITES: ERTH 2203.03 or permission of the instructor. EXCLUSIONS: ERTH 2205.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Lab