INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
2006 UND Fall Semester
Geology 515 - Lecture Schedule
Lectures -- Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 11:00-11:50 a.m., 211 Leonard Hall
Lab -- , To be arranged, 209 Leonard Hall
Field Trip -- Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana
TEXT -- Clarkson, E.N.K., 2005, Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution: Oxford, UK,Blackwell Science Publishing, 4th ed., 452 p.
| Date | Lc# | Topic/Reading |
| 8-23 |
1-
Wed |
Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology: A course overview
Class goal and structure, knowledge survey Term Project and Field Trip Announcement: Student Interests Writing Notes, Write Papers -- How Much Art, How Much Skill? Reading: Ch. 3: Major Events in the History of Life, The Ediacaran Biota |
| 8-25 |
2-
Fri |
The Macoworld: The Ediacaran Biota
Reading: Ch. 3 |
| 8-28 |
3-
Mon |
The Macoworld: The Ediacaran Biota
Reading: Ch. 3 |
| 8-30 |
3-
Wed |
The Macoworld: The Ediacaran Biota
Reading: Ch. 3 |
| 9-1 |
4-
Fri |
Porifera
Reading: Ch. 4 Discuss Term Project Topics |
| 9-4 |
5-
Mon |
No class
Labor Day Observance |
| 9-6 |
6-
Wed |
Porifera: The Classes of Sponges
Reading: Ch. 4 |
| 9-8 |
7-
Fri |
Porifera: Archaeocyatha Reading: Ch. 4 Student Decision Time on Term Project Topic Field Trip to Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana (following class) |
| 9-11 |
8-
Mon |
Cnidaria
Reading: Ch. 5 |
| 9-13 |
9-
Wed |
Cnidaria: Hydrozoa
Reading: Ch. 5 |
| 9-15 |
10-
Fri |
Cnidaria: Scyphozoa
Reading: Ch. 5 |
| 9-18 |
11-
Mon |
Cnidaria: Anthozoa
Reading: Ch. 5 |
| 9-20 |
12-
Wed |
Ectoprocta (Bryozoa) Reading: Ch. 6 |
| 9-22 |
13-
Fri |
Ectoprocta (Bryozoa) Reading: Ch. 6 |
| 9-25 |
14-
Mon |
Ectoprocta (Bryozoa) Reading: Ch. 6 |
| 9-27 |
15-
Wed |
Brachiopoda
Reading: Ch. 7 |
| 9-29 |
16-
Fri |
Brachiopoda
Reading: Ch. 7 |
| 10-2 |
17-
Mon |
Brachiopoda
Reading: Ch. 7 |
| 10-4 |
18-
Wed |
Brachiopoda Reading: Ch. 7 |
| 10-6 |
19-
Fri |
Mollusca Reading: Ch. 8 |
| 10-9 |
20-
Mon |
Mollusca Reading: Ch. 8 |
| 10-11 |
21-
Wed |
Mollusca: Aplacs and Monoplacs Reading: Ch. 8 |
| 10-13 |
22-
Fri |
Mollusca: Bivalvia Reading: Ch. 8 |
| 10-16 |
23-
Mon |
Mollusca: Rostroconchia Reading: Ch. 8 |
| 10-18 |
24-
Wed |
Mollusca: Gastropoda Reading: Ch. 8 |
| 10-20 |
25-
Fri |
Mollusca: Cephalopoda Reading: Ch. 8 |
| 10-23 |
26-
Mon |
Geological Society of America |
| 10-25 |
27-
Wed |
Geological Society of America |
| 10-27 |
28-
Fri |
Echinodermata Reading: Ch. 9 |
| 10-30 |
29-
Mon |
Echinodermata: Echinoidea Reading: Ch. 9 |
| 11-1 |
30-
Wed |
Echinodermata: Asterozoa Reading: Ch. 9 |
| 11-3 |
31-
Fri |
Echinodermata: Crinozoa Reading: Ch. 9 |
| 11-6 |
32-
Mon |
Echinodermata: Blastozoa Reading: Ch. 9 |
| 11-8 |
33-
Wed |
Echinodermata: The Rest Reading: Ch. 9 |
| 11-10 |
34-
Fri |
Veterans Day observance |
| 11-13 |
35-
Mon |
Graptolites Reading: Ch. 10 |
| 11-15 |
36-
Wed |
Graptolites Reading: Ch. 10 |
| 11-16 |
37-
Fri |
"Arthropoda" Reading: Ch. 11 |
| 11-20 |
38-
Mon |
"Arthropoda": Trilobita Reading: Ch. 11 |
| 11-22 |
39-
Wed |
"Arthropoda": Trilobita Reading: Ch. 11 |
| 11-24 |
-
Fri |
No class
Thanksgiving Holiday related observerance |
| 11-27 |
40-
Mon |
"Arthropoda": Chelicerata Reading: Ch. 11 |
| 11-29 |
41-
Wed |
"Arthropoda": Crustacea Reading: Ch. 11 |
| 12-1 |
42-
Fri |
Trace Fossils Reading: Ch. 12.7 |
| 12-4 |
43-
Mon |
Trace Fossils Reading: Ch. 12.7 |
|
12-6
|
44-
Wed |
Overview: Future world, systematics, PaleoBank, next semester, next fall.
Questions? |
|
12-8
|
-
Fri |
Reading and review day |
|
12-13
|
-
Wed |
FINAL at 10:15 a.m., Leonard 211 |