Topic:Paleontology

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Welcome to the Division of Paleontology!

The Wikiversity Division of Paleontology is divided into various departments for the study of extinct species that once existed on the planet. A major part of the study is the process of fossilization and relationships of species to each other. The fossil specimens are assembled according to the geological structures they are preserved in. Preservation is based on geologic structure, the type of involvement in fossilization and the climatic conditions and ecological process of the then time period.

The subject is located in the school of geology and school of plant science and school of biology, as the field covers all these factors into one field of study.

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  • Suggested Prerequisites:
    • None, but some knowledge of geology, taxonomy, anatomy, fossilization, evolution, ecology, and systematics would be of benefit.

External study requires a field of specialization as a prerequisite usually in geology.

  • Time investment:

Not described as to date, but maybe 30 minutes a day!

Not developed.

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Not developed.

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To learn how the process of preserving evidence of past life occures, and its use as evidence in the evolutionary theory, correlation of land formations, and the time periods of geologic structures.

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This learning project offers learning activities to ____.

- Educate and pass on the knowledge of past events and their causes and consequences.

- Understand and develop hypothesis following the scientific principle of correct scholarly examination and to prove or disprove a theory on the basis of evidence provided.

- Also follow the THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY CODE OF FOSSIL COLLECTING Undergraduate in development.

At the end of your studies your work should be produced in the following example, Maury, Carlotta Joaquina 1934, Fossil Invertebrata from northeastern Brazil. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 67, article 4 . Concepts to learn include: Geological concepts of fossilization/concepts, Process of fossilization, Anatomy of extinct and extant species.

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EvoWiki.org related material

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Each lesson to be done over a 6 month period.

Units at Monash University as a template. Other Universities' structures will be viewed, and an appropriate course structure will be developed.

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Describe a period in the geologic record and the life that fossils have provided an exsistence of. The length of the time period can be 1-100 million years. 500 words long.

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Sample degrees offered at various Universities.

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Each activity has a suggested associated background reading selection.

In this reading it is advisable that you take these guide to university study seriously. They are designed to help you with what is required of you in your studies.

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This is the basic concept of what palaeontology is all about. It encoumpases these 3 areas in the study, along with a few others disiplines like geology, climatology, chemistry etc, though you are usually required to major in only one field.

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More specialised fields of study.

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Paleopedia a wiki on the subject.

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Additional helpful readings include:

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  • General

Guide to Fossils 2003, by Philip's, Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London. ISBN 0-540-08374-7.

  • Geology

McGeary. D and Plummer.C.C (1994), Physical Geology Earthe revealed, Wm . C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque. ISBN 91-071196.

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