Universität Wien

300041 UE Exercise to Palaeodiversity of Invertebrates (2023W)

2.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 16 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Thursday, 10.30-12h (13h)
Geocenter (Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2), Microscope room 2A205
Teachers and / or tutor are available for advice until noon. Until 1 pm you are allowed to stay in the room and finish drawings on your own. Drawings will be collected at 1 pm.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This practice builds upon the lecture Paleodiversity of invertebrates. During the course drawings of the morphology of taxa have to be performed and characters labeled. These drawings will be evaluated.
Videos and pdfs of Powerpoint presentations will be provided on the Moodle platform well in advance. This material should be studied in preparation for the lecture. During the lecture we will answer questions of the students.

Assessment and permitted materials

Drawings will be collected every week and seperately evaluated.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Art least half of the drawings must be evaluated positively.
The overall grade is a mean value

Examination topics

Drawings have to be provided

Reading list

Boardman, R.S., Cheetham, A.H., Rowell, A.J., 1987, Fossil Invertebrates, 713 pp.
Clarkson, E.N.K., 1998, Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution, 4th edition, Blackwell, 452 pp
Lehmann U. & Hillmer, G. 2001, Wirbellose Tiere der Vorzeit, Enke-Verlag, 336 pp.
Taylor, P.D. & Lewis, D.N. 2005, Fossil Invertebrates, Natural History Museum London, 208 pp.
Ziegler, B., 2008, Paläontologie. Vom Leben der Vorzeit, Schweizerbart, 293 pp.

Association in the course directory

BPB 3, BAN 6, BBO 8, BMG 10, BMB 10, BOE 11, BZO 11, UF BU 10

Last modified: We 06.09.2023 16:48