G3131k Recognition of fossils and structures

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Nela Doláková, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Černý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( G1081 Palaeontology || G1081k Palaeontology )&&( G4101 Structural geology || G4101k Structural geology ) && ( (!(PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemicals )))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 32 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/32, only registered: 0/32, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/32
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Lectures represent the work with actual samples of fossils and geological structures. Main objectives are recognize of these phenomenons in general samples.
Syllabus
  • 1.1.Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta- macroscopic morphology 2. Cormobionta – basic marks of individual groups: articulated or non articulated stem, types of foliage, morfology of bark (Lycopodiophyta) 3. Foraminifera - study of models, 4. Porifera - bodies morphology 5. Archaeocyatha – longitudinal and transverse look 6. Coelenterata – (Conulata, Stromatoporoidea, Anthozoa) - solitaire x colonial, inner symetry 7. Vermes – ichnofossils 8. Mollusca - (Gastropoda, Rostroconchia, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda –Nautiloidea, Ammonoidea, Belemnoidea; Hyolitha a Cricoconarida) – symetry and type of shells, shell material,lock types, type of winding, muscle marks, sutures 9. Arthropoda - (Trilobitomorpha, Crustacea, Tracheata ) basic types of body segmentation 10. Bryozoa – colony types 11. Brachiopoda - (Inarticulata, Articulata) shell material,shell symetry , komisura, differentiation to the Bivalvia 12.Echinodermata -bascic morphology, ambulacral system, symetry radial x bilateral bilaterální, 13. Hemichordata – (Graptolithina) – types of colony – benthal x planctonic forms 12. Chordata (Vertebrata) – types of fossilified parts
  • 2. Struktury (primární sedimentární a magmatické, deformační vrásové a zlomové)
Literature
  • KVAČEK, Zlatko. Základy systematické paleontologie. I, Paleobotanika, paleozoologie bezobratlých. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 228 s. ISBN 80-246-0132-X. info
  • KUMPERA, Otakar and Zdeněk VAŠÍČEK. Základy historické geologie a paleontologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 565 s. info
Teaching methods
Practical recognizing of the samples of fossils and geological structures
Assessment methods
Lectures - work with actual samples, highlight of typical marks Oral exam: Practical identification of fossils and geological structures
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1431/podzim2010/G3131/index.qwarp
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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