PřF:G2920 Paleontology - Course Information

G2920 Paleontology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000

Extent and Intensity

3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Šárka Hladilová, CSc. (lecturer)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Syllabus

Position of paleontology in the system of sciences
Fosssils and fossilization
Methods of paleontological research
Paleoecology
Biostratigraphy
Paleobiogeography
Rockforming activities of organisms>Evolution
Systematic paleontology - overview (plants and animals
Evolution of life in the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Arthropoda
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Brachiopoda
Echinodermata
Hemichordata
Vertebrata
Paleontologické metody

Literature

POKORNÝ, Vladimír. Všeobecná paleontologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1992, 296 s. ISBN 80-7066-585-8. info
KUMPERA, Otakar and Zdeněk VAŠÍČEK. Základy historické geologie a paleontologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1988, 565 s. info
ŠPINAR, Zdeněk Vlastimil. Paleontologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL-Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1986, 360 s. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Výuka teoretická i praktická (studium fosilií).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.