Paleontology

Duration

40h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Valentin Fischer, Philippe Gerrienne, Emmanuelle Javaux

Coordinator

Philippe Gerrienne

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This class includes three parts:
-partim paleozoology
-partim paleobotany
-partim micropaleontology

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

• partim paleozoology: Knowing the nature and through the Metazoan fossil record, the evolutionary history of selected lineages and the modern techniques of palaeobiology, to be to criticize  recent studies on the subject.

• Partim paleobotany: this part of the class describes the evolution of the different lineages of embryophytes (land plants). Emphasis is placed on the Paleozoic groups.

• Partim Micropaleontology: at the end of the class, the student will be able to describe the major steps of evolution of the three domains of life and their microscopic fossil record. Emphasis is placed on the Precambrian.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge of the morphology, physiology, systematics, ecology and biology of microorganisms, plants and animals
Moreover, a basic knowledge in geology is also requested.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

face-to-face lectures and labs, redaction and presentation of term paper 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Recommended or required readings

-partim paleozoology: powerpoint available online, on a weekly basis
-partim palaeobotany: textbook and powerpoint presentations available online

-partim micropaleontology ; powerpoint presentations online and reference book ((Bignot G. Introduction à la Micropaléontologie. Collection géosciences. Gordon & Breach Science Publishers. 2001)

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination on practical works and theory and redaction and presentation of term paper

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

-partim paléozoologie: Prof. V. Fischer v.fischer@ulg.ac.be
-partim paléobotanique: Dr Ph. Gerrienne; P.Gerrienne@ulg.ac.be
-partim micropaléontologie: Prof. E. Javaux EJ.Javaux@ulg.ac.be

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