GS091 Paleontology

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: -. Other types of completion: SZK (final examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Nela Doláková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Relevant subjects according to study programme
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/200, only registered: 0/200
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
State exam
Syllabus
  • 1. The origin of Life System – basic characteristic of individual groups, phylogenetic ralations, stratigraphy and paleogeography, applications in geology 2. Procaryota, Fungi 3. Algobionta 4. Cormobionta 5. Protoctista (Protozoa), 6. Archeocyatha, Porifera, Coelenterata, Vermes 7. Arthropoda 8. Mollusca 9. Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata 10. Hemichordata, Chordata (Vertebrata) 11. Taphonomy and biostratinomy - origin and types of fossils, external and internal conditions of their preservation and destruction of fossils 12. Paleoecology – biotic and abiotic factors, relations among organisms, environmental adaptations,ecological sucsession 13. Paleobiogeography – origin and evolution of areals, biogeographical structure of Earth surface, principles and probabilities of climatic fluctuations, changes of organisms provincionality 14. Systematics, taxonomy, classification, nomenclature 15. Methods of paleontological research – field and laboratory ones 16. Evolution, evolution of ecosystems and biotic crises in the Earth history 17. Geological activities of organisms, rockbuilding fossils - principles of production of hard skelets, environmental changes caused by organisms, riff- building organisms; secondary accumulations of skeletal parts
Literature
  • POKORNÝ, Vladimír. Všeobecná paleontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1992, 296 s. ISBN 80-7066-585-8. info
  • HOUŠA, Václav. Základy taxonomie pro zoopaleontology. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1980, 169 s. info
  • BOERSMA, Anne. Introduction to marine micropaleontology. Edited by Bilal U. Haq. New York: Elsevier, 1978, viii, 376. ISBN 0444002677. info
Assessment methods
state exam - oral
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, autumn 2017, spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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