BIOL 317 - Paleontology

Spring (3) Lockwood Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101 or GEOL 110 or GEOL 150W or both BIOL 220 and BIOL 225, or consent of the instructor.

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 302)

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