BIOL 317 - Paleontology

Credits: (3)
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 160 or GEOL 250 or BIOL 204
The taxonomy of fossil organisms and the role of fossils in the study of organic evolution and the time relations of rock sequences. The laboratory stresses invertebrate morphology and quantitative measurement of local marine fossils. Field trips. Does not fulfill upper-division lab requirement.
Two class hours, two laboratory hours. Cross-listed with: GEOL 325