PALEONTOLOGY AND
STRATIGRAPHY
week
1
22-24 Introduction, cells +
organisms
CH 1,2,5
Meiosis and mitosis;
Lab: ALGAE-PROKARYOTES & PROTISTA
CH 8
2
29-31 DNA - RNA - protein;
Valentine (phyla)
CH 2
Ezaki (coral
evolution)
Lab: CNIDARIA
CH 11
3
5-7 Genetics +
individuals; Gould (HOM + PAX genes) CH 3
Brachiopod
morphology
CH 16, 17
Lab:
BRYOZOA + BRACHIOPODA
4 12-14
HILLER (growth lines
brachiopods)
CH 4
species + speciation; Stanley (species selection)
LAB EXAM
5
19-21 Molecular
taxonomy; Curry et al. (antibodies)
CH 6
Molluscan shells Stanley (clam shape)
Lab: CLAMS +
SNAILS
CH 14
6 26-28
JACOBS + LANDMAN (ammonoid function)
WARD ET AL.
(nautiloid growth)
Lab: CEPHALOPODA
CH 14
7 5-7 Echinoderm
morphology
CH 18
SIMMS (thecal
plate homology)
Lab: ECHINODERMATA
VACATION
8 19-21
MID TERM EXAM Tuesday March 19
Arthur (impacts and K-T boundary);
GOULD (3 tiers)
LAB EXAM
9
26-28 Time, rock and time-rock
units see Prothero+Schwab CH 15
Rock cycles in marine facies; Lab: PA
Geologic Map
10
2-4 The PAC
hypothesis GOODWIN + ANDERSON, 1985
Milankovitch Hypothesis; Lab: Plate Tracker
11
9-11 Field trip preview;
Silurian + Devonian cyclicity
FELD TRIP ALTOONA PA
(April 11-14)
12 16-18
Field trip review
GOODWIN, ANDERSON, GOODMAN + SARAKA, 1986
Sea-level curves; Lab: Pro-Eustasy
13 23-25
Field trip preview; ANDERSON ET AL., 1984
FIELD TRIP CATSKILL NY (April 25-28)
14
30-2 Field trip review; the
Appalachian cyclic hierarchy
Paleogeography of the Appalachian stratigraphic record
15 FINAL EXAM THURSDAY MAY 9, 2002 2:00-4:00
Texts: Boardman, Cheetham and Rowell, eds. FOSSIL INVERTEBRATES, Blackwell 1987
Prothero and Schwab SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, Freeman, 1996 (in lab)