The course is devoted to the basics of paleontology. Explain the origin and preservation of fossils. Students are acquainted with basic systematic phytopaleontology, the importance of Protozoa and overview of the classification of Metazoa.
Literature
CLARKSON E.N.K.: Invertebrate paleontology and evolution. Blackwell, New York, 1998.
JAIN S.: Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology. Springer, 2016.
HARPER D., Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record, John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
WOODS H. Palaeontology Invertebrate, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Advised literature
CLARKSON E.N.K. Invertebrate paleontology and evolution. Blackwell, New York, 1998.
DONALD R. PROTHERO. Bringing Fossils to Life. 3rd Edition. Columbia University Press, 2013.
PROTHERO D. R., Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology: McGraw-Hill, Boston, 2nd edition, 2003.
SARASWATI PRATUL KUMAR, SRINIVASAN M.S., Micropaleontology, Principles and Applications. Springer, 2016,.