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Course code: BBS10146f15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: Basic of Paleontology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Leonid Rekovets
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student: W1 – knows the scientific theories and hypothesis about appearance of life on the Earth [KB_W13]; W2 – shows knowledge about the historical stages of development of plants and animals in geological period. Describes their anatomical structure and function and explains the basis of adaptation [KB_W11]; W3 – knows the systematic and chronological position of the most important extinct forms of plant and animals. Zna pozycję systematyczną i chronologiczną najważniejszych form wymarłych roślin i zwierzą [KB_W11]; W4 – explains existing of so called alive fossils, characterizes them in evolutionary aspect [KB_W11]. Skills Skills: Student: U1 – shows taxonomical affiliation of extinct forms on the base of their morphology [KB_U10]; U2 – interprets morphological adaptations in evolutionary context [KB_U10]; U3 – shows the geological age of paleontological fossils[KB_U09]; U4 – can present and use knowledge during cooperation with geologists and biologists [KB_U13].
Competences: Personal and social competences (attitudes and behaviors): Student: K1 – student is aware of the meaning of paleobiodifferences and popularize it’s security very actively [KB_K04]; K2– student shows the understanding of the historical and evolutional phenomenons in the nature [KB_K01].
Prerequisites: geology, botany, zoology.
Course content: The origin of life and organisms (speciation), advanced evolution; morphology, function and environment (adaptive origin); principals of the evolution of organisms; taphonomy and recording of geological time; principals of palaea-ecology of organisms and biostratygraphy; principals of evolutionary biogeography.
Recommended literature: Raup D. Stenley S. Podstawy paleontologii. Wyd.PAN, Warszawa,1984. Bieda F. Paleozoologia T.1,2. Wyd. Geol. Warszawa, 1966. Dzik J. Dzieje życia na Ziemi. Wyd. PAN, Warszawa, 2003. Druszczyc W. Paleontologia bespozwonocznych. Wyd MGU, Moskwa, 1974. Wiszniewska-Żelichowska M. Paleontologia. Wyd. Geol. Warszawa, 1962. Keroł M. Paleozoologia pozwonocznych. Wyd. Nauka, Moskwa, 1995.
Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training, test exam after course, minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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