Preliminary Syllabus, Spring 2004

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For each lecture, there is a link (in column 'reading' that shows additional reading for the lectures, as well as links to web resources for the material covered.

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Date	E&ES227 E&ES 299	Topic	Reading
Tu. Jan. 27	Lecture 1	Introduction	Chapter 1; notes
Tu. Jan. 27	Lab 1	TAPHONOMY	Chapter 1
Th. Jan. 29	Lecture 2	Variation in fossils	Chapter 2; notes
Tu. Feb. 3	Lecture 3	Species and Speciation	Chapter 3; notes
Tu. Feb. 3	Lab 2	VARIATION	Chapters 2, 3
Th. Feb. 5	Lecture 4	Individuals and colonies: Cnidaria	Chapter 12; notes
Tu. Feb. 10	Lecture 5	Systematics	Chapter 4; notes
Tu. Feb. 10	Lab 3	CLADISTICS	Chapter 4
Th. Feb. 12	Lecture 6	Evolutionary Theory	Chapter 5; notes
Tu. Feb. 17	Lecture 7	Micropaleontology	Chapter 11; notes
Tu. Feb. 17	Lab 4	MICROFOSSILS/ PORIFERA/CNIDARIA	Chapter 11
Th. Feb. 19	Lecture 8	Extinction	Chapter 6; notes
Tu. Feb. 24	Lecture 9	Phyla of animals	Chapters 3 and 5; notes
Tu. Feb. 24		LABTEST 1; answers
Th. Feb. 26	Lecture 10	Cambrian Explosion	notes
Tu. Mar. 2	Lecture 11	Functional Morphology	Chapter 7; notes
Tu. Mar. 2	Lab 5	TRILOBITES	Chapter 13
Th. Mar. 4	EXAM	MID TERM	All reading, notes
		SPRING BREAK
Tu. Mar. 23	Lecture 12	Paleoecology	Chapter 8, notes
Tu. Mar. 23	Lab 6 Notes	STABLE ISOTOPES IN PALEOCEANOGRAPHY	Chapters 8, 9
Th. Mar. 25	Lecture 13	Paleobiogeography	Chapter 9, notes
Tu. Mar. 30	Lecture 14	Lophophorates	Chapter 14, 6, notes
Tu. Mar. 30	Lab 7	BRACHIOPODS	Chapter 14
Th. Apr. 1	Lecture 15	Evolution of Plants	Chapter 19 (only in 2nd edition); notes
Tu. Apr. 6	Lecture 16	Earth's environments and evolution: oxygen	Notes; Chapter 19 (2nd edition)
Tu. Apr. 6		LAB TEST 2; answers
Th. Apr. 8	Lecture 17	Fossilized behavior	Chapter 18; notes
Tu. Apr. 13	Lecture 18	Mollusca	Chapter 15; notes
Tu. Apr. 13	Lab 8	BIVALVES	Chapter 15
Th. Apr. 15	Lecture 19	Biostratigraphy	Chapter 10, notes
Tu. Apr. 20	Lecture 20	Vertebrates: fish, amphibians	Chapter 17; notes
Tu. Apr. 20	Lab 9	SNAILS, AMMONITES	Chapter 15
Th. Apr. 22	Lecture 21	Vertebrates: reptiles, birds, mammals	Chapter 17; notes
Tu. Apr. 27	Lecture 22	Evolution of humans	Chapter 17; notes
Tu. Apr. 27	Lab 10	CRINOIDS VERTEBRATE SKULLS	Chapters 16, 17
Th. Apr. 29	Lecture 23	Diversity over time revisited	Chapter 6; notes
Tu. May 4	Lecture 24	QUESTIONS	TERM PAPERS DUE
Tu. May 4		LABTEST 3; answers
Thursday May 6		REVIEW/QUESTION SESSION; Room 309, 9-10.20 am
Monday May 10 or Tuesday May 11	9 am - noon Room 309	FINAL EXAM (227) answers