Load:
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1. komponenta
Lecture type | Total |
Lectures |
30 |
Practicum |
15 |
* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)
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Description:
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Fossil skeletons and fossilization of vertebrates in marine, freshwater and continental sedimentary areas. The principles of classical, evolutionary and phylogenetic systematics (kladograms). Characteristics of osteological materials and odontological parts (skeleton head and limb bones, teeth and other inorganic formation. Taxonomy of the most common vertebrate fossils preserved (from agnatha to gnathostomata, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, with particular emphasis on the development of primates and the origin man). The main examples of evolutionary sequences, distribution and extinction. the role of vertebrates in biostratigraphy. Palaeobiogeography
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Literature:
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- Chernicoff, S., Fox, H.A. & Tanner, L.H. : Earth: Geologic principles and history. Houghton Mifflin Comp. Boston, New York, 2002.
- Carroll, R.L. : Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman & Co., New York,1998.
- Palmer, D. : Earth in 100 groundbreaking discoveries.Quercus Pub. Pic.London, 2011.
- Benton, M.J. : Vertebrate Paleontology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. London, 2005.
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Prerequisit for:
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Enrollment
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Passed
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General paleontology
Passed
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Physical geology
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