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This course may be repeated for credit.
During this laboratory course we will look at fossils from the Wesleyan Collection to understand invertebrate morphology, physiology and ecology of living and extinct invertebrate animals, with emphasis on understanding of the different building plans of animals in the most common Phyla. We will also look into the morphology of vascular plants in Paleozoic and Meso/Cenozoic. We will look particularly at linkage of form and function, and at the evolution of morphological and ecological diversity over time, and pay attention to various modes of preservation of fossils.
COURSE FORMAT: Laboratory
Level: UGRD Credit: .5 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded
Prerequisites: (E&ES101 AND E&ES199) Links to Web Resources For This Course.
Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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