Course: Paleontology

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Course title Paleontology
Course code KBI/P322
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zelenka Přemysl, RNDr. CSc.
Course content
1) Precambrian 2) Cambrian 3) Ordovician 4) Silurian 5) Devonian 6) Carboniferous and Permian A brief historical development and detailed current stratigraphical subdivision, index fossils, evolution of life and main ecosystems, mass extinctions, geotectonics, palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, facial development of central European regions and other features are mentioned for each period. Lithostratigraphical division is caracterised in detail for important basins.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This course provides detailed charcteristics of periods of the Precambrian and Palaeozoic. It is mainly focused on stratigraphic subdivision, index fossils, evolution of ecosystems, geotectonical and palaeogeographical events, development of main units of the Bohemian Massif, Western Carpathians and other important areas for each period.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Kováč M. et al. Alpínsky vývoj Západných Karpát. - Skripta Masarykovy univerzity Brno. 1993.
  • Kumpera, Vašíček. Základy historické geologie a paleontologie. SNTL. Praha.. 1988.
  • Mísař Z. et al. Geologie ČSSR I., Český masív. - SPN. 1983.
  • Pek, I. et al. Základy zoopaleontologie. UP Olomouc, 1996.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology (A14) Category: Biology courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Teaching of Biology for Secondary Schools (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter