Terminated in academic year 2005/2006

Paleontology

Type of study	Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0014/01
Abbreviation	P
Course title	Paleontology
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Definice paleontologie, biostratigrafie, nomenklatorická pravidla.
2. Říše rostlinná.
3. Protozoa.
4. Úvod k mnohobuněčným, Porifera.
5. Coelenterata, Arthropoda.
6. Mollusca I.
7. Mollusca II.
8. Mollusca III.
9. Bryozoa, Brachiopoda.
10. Echinodermata, Hemichordata.
11. Conodonta, úvod k obratlovcům.
12. Obratlovci.
13. Vývojové zákonitosti.

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,.

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