GLY 2601C - Introduction to Paleontology

4 Credit Hours
(Fall or Spring)

This course is a survey of prehistoric life. Topics include fossilization, systematics, evolution, ecology, extinction, and the geological history of life. Laboratory work covers the anatomy, classification, and ecology of major phyla of both extinct and extant organisms, including monerans, protists, plant, macroinvertebrates, and vertebrate animals. The course involves local and regional fossil collecting trips. This course may be used as a General Education science course for any A.S program, and may be used as a category III General Education science course for the A.A. degree.