GEOL 550 - Principles of Paleontology

Credit(s): 4
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 2
When Offered: Spring - Even

Field and lab techniques used to obtain information from fossil-bearing rocks and sediment. Major topics of emphasis include: paleoecology, functional morphology, evolutionary theory, extinction processes and paleobiogeography. Lab exercises will stress the use of common fossil taxa as paleontological tools to address issues in earth history.

Prerequisite(s): GEOS 130 or 130H or at least eight credit hours of Biology coursework.
Crosslisted With: GEOL 350