EOS 330

Paleobiology

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-3

Processes and patterns in the evolution of life through time: extinction, evolution and diversification as recognized from the fossil record. Major events in the history of life. The relationship of biotas to depositional systems: paleoecology, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. The major groups of microfossils and invertebrates will be studied with emphasis on their applications in Earth Sciences. Laboratories and field trips will provide illustrative fossil examples.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 330, 360.

Prerequisites: 201, and BIOL 12 or BIOL 150A, or permission of the department.

Undergraduate course in Earth and Ocean Sciences offered by the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Faculty of Science.