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Course Information

GS091 Paleontologie

Faculty of Science
spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: -.

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Nela Doláková, CSc. (lecturer)

Supervisor

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences - Earth Sciences Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martin Ivanov, Dr.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of Geological Sciences - Earth Sciences Section - Faculty of Science

Prerequisites

Relevant subjects according to study programme

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrollment status: enrolled: 0/200, only registered: 0/200

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 21 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

State exam

Syllabus

• 1. The origin of Life System – basic characteristic of individual groups, phylogenetic ralations, stratigraphy and paleogeography, applications in geology 2. Procaryota, Fungi 3. Algobionta 4. Cormobionta 5. Protoctista (Protozoa), 6. Archeocyatha, Porifera, Coelenterata, Vermes 7. Arthropoda 8. Mollusca 9. Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata 10. Hemichordata, Chordata (Vertebrata) 11. Taphonomy and biostratinomy - origin and types of fossils, external and internal conditions of their preservation and destruction of fossils 12. Paleoecology – biotic and abiotic factors, relations among organisms, environmental adaptations,ecological sucsession 13. Paleobiogeography – origin and evolution of areals, biogeographical structure of Earth surface, principles and probabilities of climatic fluctuations, changes of organisms provincionality 14. Systematics, taxonomy, classification, nomenclature 15. Methods of paleontological research – field and laboratory ones 16. Evolution, evolution of ecosystems and biotic crises in the Earth history 17. Geological activities of organisms, rockbuilding fossils - principles of production of hard skelets, environmental changes caused by organisms, riff- building organisms; secondary accumulations of skeletal parts

Assessment methods

state exam - oral

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrollment limitations: Předmět státní zkoušky - jen pro evidenci přihlášky

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, autumn 2012, spring 2013, autumn 2013, spring 2014.

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