Geology 415: Paleontology
Lectures Tuesday/Friday 10-11:15
Lab Friday 2:10

Instructor Office Phone E-mail Office Hours (Fall 03)

David Dobson

Frank 215C

316-2278

ddobson@guilford.edu

Mon 9-10, Tues/Fri 12-2

Texts
History of Life by Richard Cowen, Paperback: 432 pages; Publisher: Blackwell Science Inc; 3rd edition (January 15, 2000) ISBN: 0632044446
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, by Stephen J. Gould, Paperback: 256 pages; Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; (January 2000) ISBN: 039330700X          

 

 
Course Materials
Syllabus
Taxonomy Slides
Early Vertebrates Slides
Creationism Slides
Mesozoic Slides
Cenozoic Mammals, Primates, and Humans Slides
Biodiversity Slides
Midterm Exam Review Sheet
Final Exam Review Sheet

Web Resources

University of California Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
Slides as GIF images
Lab Resources
Brachiopod age ranges, (from the Smithsonian Institution)