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wpe56.jpg (29802 bytes) Fossils are treasures in the mountains,

They are the key to solve the geologic history,

They are they key to solve the structural settings,

They are the key to solve everything!

 

 

INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

 

COURSE INFORMATION:-

 PREREQUISITE: The student attending the course of invertebrate paleontology should have passed the course of physical and historical geology.

 

CREDIT HOURS: Three hours weekly, two hours for theoretical lectures plus one hour for practical period.

 

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Mohammed Gameil

E-Mail: mgameil@uaeu.ac.ae

 

OBJECTIVES:
Fossils and fossilization process.
Establishing a geologic time scale.
Environmental significance of fossils.
Fossils and Paleoecology.
Fossils and stratigraphy.
Relation of paleontology to other branches of geology.

CONTENTS 

  1. PALEONTOLOGY, AN INTRODUCTION…….….(Two Hours)

    2. - Nature of fossil record.

    - Chemical and mineralogical composition of the hard skeleton.

    - Conditions of fossilization.

    - Modes of preservation.

    - Fossils and environment.

    - Habit (mode of life) and uses of fossils.
  2. TAXONOMY:-

Protozoa…………………………………… (Two Hours)
Main characters and divisions of protozoa.
Characters of foraminifera.
Alternation of generations.
Skeleton.
Chambers arrangement.
Aperture and foramen.
Ecology of foraminifera.
Significance and application in oil industry.

Porifera ………………………………………… ( Two Hours)
Nature of soft part.
Structure and chemical composition of the hard skeleton.
Types of sponges.
Classification.
Ecology.
Geologic history and significance.

Coelentrata …………………………………... ( Four Hours)

Main characters of the phylum.
Alternation of generations.
Composition and structure of the hard skeleton.
Class Hydrozoa.
Class Scyphozoa.
Class Anthozoa.

* Subclass Alcyonaria.

* Subclass Tabulata.

* Subclass Zoantharia.

- Order Rugosa.

- Order Scleractinia

Geological history and significance of corals.

Bryozoa …………………………………….…... (Two Hours)
General features.
Nature of soft part.
Structure of the hard skeleton.
Mode of life of bryozoa.
Habitat.
Factors controlling the distribution of bryozoa.
Geologic history and evolution.

Brachiopods ……………………………………. ( Four Hours)
Introduction
Habit
Anatomy of soft part.
Morphological features of the shell.
Shell composition and structure.
Homeomorphy.
Classification.
Geologic history.

Mollusca ……………………………………… .. ( Six Hours)

Introduction
Soft body
Habit and feeding
Classification

Class Amphineura

Class Scaphopoda

Class Pelecypoda

            Behavior

            Musculature

            Shell

            Dentition

            Inequivalved pelecypods                                      

 Class Gastropod

             Shell morphology and composition.

            Aperture.

            Orientation.

             Habitat.

             Types of coiling.

             Extinct gastropods.                                                                                                        

Class Cephalopoda

            Morphology of the shell.

            Types of cephalopod shells.

            Septa and suture.

            Classification of cephalopods.

            Belemnites.

 Echinodermata ………………………………… ( Four Hours)
Introduction.
Water vascular system and tube feet.
Mode of life.
Classification:

Subphylum Eleutherozoa:

Class Echinoidea.

Class Stelleroidea.

Class Holothuroidea.

 Subphylum Pelmatozoa:

Class Cystoidea.

Class Blastoidea.

Class Edrioasteroidea.

Class Crinoidea.

 Trilobites ………………………………………. ( One Hour)
Morphology of trilobite skeleton.
Geologic history and significance.

Graptolites …………………………………..… ( One Hour)
Morphology of trilobite skeleton.
Geologic history and significance.

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