Palaeozoology of vertebrates
General data
Course ID: | 1300-OPKR5W |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
07.305
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Course title: | Palaeozoology of vertebrates |
Name in Polish: | Paleozoologia kręgowców |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Geology |
Course groups: | |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Prerequisites (description): | (in Polish) Wskazane jest wcześniejsze uczestnictwo w przedmiotach Paleontologia I i II oraz Geologia historyczna. Przydatna jest znajomość osteologii. |
Short description: |
Structure, evolution and mode of life of fossil vertebrates. |
Full description: |
General structure of vertebrate skeleton. Basic information on vertebrate systematics. Cladistics. Animals related to vertebrates: tunicates, cephalochordates, conodonts, hagfishes. Extinct and modern agnathans. Characteristics of gnathostomes. Placoderms and acanthodians. Chondrichthyans: general structure and dentition types in elasmobranchs; holocephalians and incertae sedis groups. Osteichthyans: homology of cranial bones; actinopterygians; sarcopterygians. Conquest of the land. Amphibians. Earliest amniotes. Permo-Mesozoic reptiles. Synapsida. Anapsida. Aquatic reptiles. Diapsida: early archosaurs; pterosaurs. Late Triassic replacement of the continental fauna. Dinosaurs. Birds: relationships; flight and its applications. Modification of mandible and jaw hinge in the cynodont-mammal lineage. Mesozoic mammals. K-T extinction. Palaeocene explosive radiation of mammals, Cenozoic mammals. Primates. Hominids. The descent and evolution of man. |
Bibliography: |
(in Polish) Gould, S. J. 2007. Dzieje życia na Ziemi. Świat Książki; Warszawa. Szarski, H. 1982. Anatomia porównawcza kręgowców. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN; Warszawa. Janvier, Ph. 1996. Early vertebrates. Clarendon Press; Oxford. Benton, M. 2005. Vertebrate palaeontology. Blackwell Publishing; Oxford. |
Learning outcomes: |
Student recognises main vertebrate fossils and their systematic position. Knows the placement of vertebrates in the animal world and the evolution of vertebrates from agnathans to Homo sapiens. Can list and describe the major events in the history of vertebrates, such as the development of jaws and paired fins, conquest of the land and adaptation to flight. Knows the structure of vertebrate skeleton and recognises skeletal tissues. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Oral presentation on a selected group of fossil vertebrates; evaluation concerns the language and general knowledge of the presented subject. |
Practical placement: |
(in Polish) brak |
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