| Course Unit Code | 541-0014/03 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 4 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | First Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| SKU41 | prof. Ing. Petr Skupien, Ph.D. |
| DOU0018 | Ing. Pavlína Rybová, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| 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. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| Knowledge and explanation how to recognise the common morphological features of the fossil plants and animals. Identification of the fossils in the paleontological system. |
| Course Contents |
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1. Introduction to palaeontology.
2. Fossilization.
3. Procaryota.
4. Algobionta.
5. Cormobionta.
6. Protozoa.
7. Archaeocyatha.
8. Porifera.
9. Coelenterata & Vermes.
10. Arthropoda & Mollusca.
11. Bryozoa & Brachiopoda.
12. Echinodermata & Hemichordata.
13. Chordata (Vertebrata).
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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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. |
KUMPERA O., VAŠÍČEK Z. Základy historické geologie a paleontologie. 1988, SNTL, Praha.
POKORNÝ V. a kol.: Všeobecná paleontologie. 1992, Univ. Karlova, Praha
PEK I., VAŠÍČEK Z., ROČEK Z., HAJN V., MIKULÁŠ R. Základy zoopaleontologie. 1996, Skripta - Vydav. UP, Olomouc.
JAIN S. Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology. 2016, Springer. |
| Recommended Reading: |
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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,. |
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. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Exercises evaluation and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Exercises evaluation | Credit | 33 | 17 |
| Examination | Examination | 67 | 18 |