715122 Introduction to Palaeobiology

winter semester 2013/2014 | Last update: 29.09.2015 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Geology

Instructor:

ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mette, +43 512 507 54350

Course number:

715122

Title:

Introduction to Palaeobiology

Type/hours:

VO 1

ECTS credits:

1,5

Period:

weekly

Mode of repetition:

each semester

Language of instruction:

German

Learning Outcome:

The lecture is concerned with various aspects of the evolution and ecology of extinct organisms and their significance in geological research.

Contents:

Main themes are: fossilisation, phylogeny, evolutionary theories, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, palaeobiodiversity, mass extinctions, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography.

Methods:

The contents are presented as a lecture.

Assessment:

written examination

Literature:

Will be discussed in the first lesson.

Remarks:

Start: 1.10.2013

OLAT:

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/url/RepositoryEntry/3207069715

Start:

01.10.2013

Course allocation

Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences

Geosciences according to the curriculum 2003

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Tue 2013-10-01	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-10-08	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-10-15	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-10-22	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-10-29	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-11-05	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-11-12	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-11-19	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-11-26	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-12-03	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2013-12-10	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2014-01-07	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2014-01-14	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2014-01-21	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306
Tue 2014-01-28	12.00 - 12.45	UR 60306 UR 60306