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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Palaeontology and Palaeoecology
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Prerequisites:
No specific cultural background is needed.
Objectives Contents The programme includes the fundamental aspects of Paleontology and underlines the role of Paleontology in the geosciences. The main topics are the following: basic information on the fossilization processes, emphasis on the use of fossils for the evolutionary history of organisms, for the climate evolution and environmental evolution in the geologic past.
Extended Syllabus GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PALEONTOLOGY. What the fossils are. Basics of applied Paleontology: Biostratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy, Paleoecology, Paleobiogeography.
SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY
Recommended Bibliography AA.VV., 2020 -Manuale di Paleontologia - Fondamenti e applicazioni. Idelson-Gnocchi Editore
Teaching Methods In-class teaching; excercise classes on the classification of fossils; lectures on specific topics.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
A written test is required for the admission to the oral examination, and the final score, out of thirty, takes account both tests.
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