Teaching team:
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Lecturer: Jeanne Paquette
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Office: FDA Rm 214.
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e-mail: jeannep@eps.mcgill.ca
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Teaching assistants
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Karine Bibeau
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e-mail: k2@eps.mcgill.ca
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Zhenzhen Huang
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e-mail: zzhuang@eps.mcgill.ca
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Course objectives:
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i) understand the nature (biases)
of the fossil record
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ii) learn the major milestones
of the evolutionary history of invertebrates
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iii) identify the main groups of
invertebrate fossils in hand specimen (laboratory)
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Schedule:
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Lectures
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Monday, Wednesday
11:30
am - 12:30 pm. |
FDA, Room 211
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Laboratory
(study
of invertebrate fossils) |
to be decided during the first
week of classes
Mon. or Wed.: 2:30 - 5:00 pm. |
Redpath Museum
Room
106B or FDA Rm 211 |
Evaluation (all dates to be confirmed
once the scheduling of the laboratory exercises is settled)
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Class tests (mid-February, mid-March)
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total 30% (10 and 20% each
respectively)
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Weekly laboratory reports (nine
in total)
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25% (2.5% each)
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Laboratory test (week before last
of term)
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20%
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Final Exam (not cumulative)
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25%
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Supplemental exam available: term
marks reduced to 25%, exam counts for 75%
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Class notes and lecture slides are made available through
WebCT as downloadable, printable pdf documents. Your ID number and PIN
to Minerva should work on WebCT.
Reference books (most will be on 2-hr reserve at Schulich Science & Engineering Library):
There is no required textbook.The course content is based mostly on the reference material listed below. If you want a text that will outlast the lecture notes, Clarkson's "Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution" (now in its 4th edition) is highly recommended.
E.N.K. Clarkson, 1998, Invertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. Blackwell Science.
OWEN, R., 1995. History of Life. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
STEARN, C.W. and CARROLL, R.L., 1989, Paleontology: the record of life. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
BOARDMAN, R.S., CHEETHAM, A.H. and ROWELL, A.J., 1987. Fossil Invertebrates. Blackwell.
LANE, N.G., 1986. Life of the past. 2nd ed. Merrill Publishing Company.
LEVIN, H.L. 1998, Ancient Invertebrates and Their Living Relatives. Prentice-Hall.
STANLEY, S.M., 1998. Earth System History. Freeman.
Dates will be specified once we schedule the laboratory exercises.
TOPICS OUTLINE
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LABORATORIES
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1. Fossils: formation, preservation,
bias of record.
2.
Biostratigraphy.
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0. Schedule the laboratory.
1. Fossilization 2.
Microfossils
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First class test (10%)
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4. Corals & Bryozoans
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5. Paleozoic benthos (I): trilobites
6. Paleozoic benthos (II): brachiopods. 7. Rise of modern benthos: bivalves, gastropods 8. Predation in Mesozoic seas (I): cephalopods 9. Predation in Mesozoic seas (II): echinoderms |
5. Trilobites
6. Brachiopods 7. Bivalves 8. Cephalopods |
10. Second class test (20%)
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9. Review
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11. Nearly vertebrates: carpoids,
conodonts, graptolites.
12. Paleogeography & ichnology. 13. Mechanisms of evolution and extinction |
10. Lab test
11. Echinoderms |
Final exam: during final exam
period (25%)
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