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Principles of paleobiology II - MG422P06
Title: Základy paleobiologie II
Czech title: Základy paleobiologie II
Guaranteed by: Institute of Geology and Paleontology (31-420)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2024
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:3/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Katarína Holcová, CSc.
Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Oldřich Fatka, CSc., DSc.
prof. RNDr. Katarína Holcová, CSc.
doc. RNDr. Petr Kraft, CSc.
RNDr. Martin Mazuch, Ph.D.
RNDr. Tomáš Přikryl, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Jakub Sakala, Ph.D.
Annotation -
General topics in paleobiology: fossilization, taphonomy, principles of paleoecology, biostratigraphy, paleogeography, evolution, nomenclature of fossils
Last update: Trnka Rudolf (30.09.2013)
Literature -

Briggs, D.E.G., Crowther, P.R. 2001: Palaeobiology II. Blackwell publishing company.

Dodd, J.R., Stanton, R.J. 1981: Paleoecology, concepts and applications. John Wiley and son. New Yourk, London, Sydney.

Berggren, W.A., vanCouvering 1989: Catastrophes and Earth history. Princeton Univ. Press. Princeton.

Last update: Trnka Rudolf (30.09.2013)
Requirements to the exam -

Project - presentation of new discovers in paleobiology using English scientific (!not popular) articles

Oral examination - general problems in paleobiology (based on content of lectures)

Last update: Trnka Rudolf (30.09.2013)
Syllabus -

1. Processes of fossilization

2. Taphonomy

3. Paleontological species, nomenclature in paleobiology

4. Paleoecology: methods, terrestrial ecosystems

5. Paleoecology: aquatic ecosystems

6. Paleobiogeography: methodolody

7. Paleobiogeography of Fanerozoic

8. Evolution and paleobiology

9. Evolution of global ecosystem

10. Biostratigraphy

Last update: Trnka Rudolf (30.09.2013)
 
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