Topics

Click on a phylum for an in-depth discussion.

• Introduction--Chapter 1
  
• Preservation--Chapter 5
  
• Systematics--Classification of fossils--Chapters 2,6
  
• Ecology/Paleoecology--Chapter 3
  
• Evolution- Chapter 4
  
• Biostratigraphy/Paleobiology--Chapter 7
  
• Protista--Chapter 8
  
• Archeocyatha--Chapter 9
  
• Porifera--Chapter 10
  
• Bryozoa--Chapter 17
  
• Cnidaria (Coelenterata) - Chapter 11
  
• Annelida--Chapter 12
  
• Arthropoda--Chapter 13
  
• Brachiopoda--Chapter 16
  
• Mollusca--Chapter14
  
• Echinodermata--Chapter 18
  
• Conodonta--Chapter 20
  

• Exams will be decided by class consensus.
  

• FINAL EXAM:  Set by Provost's Office