Geology 331

West Virginia University

Geology 331, Paleontology

Dr. Thomas Kammer

Mississippian crinoids from Indiana.

Interesting Web Pages

Tree of Life web project

PBS series on EVOLUTION web site

Career Info: www.bls.gov/oco/content/ocos050.stm

www.aapg.org/careers/index.cfm

www.earthscienceworld.org/careers

The End of Cheap Oil: http://dieoff.com/page140.htm

Evolution and Creationism http://www.geosociety.org/criticalissues/index.htm

Paleontology on the Web - check here for some great sites

Outside Readings

Foram Evolution Data Set

Start of Test 1 material

Principles of Historical Geology

Geologic Time Scale

Radiometric Dating Lecture in PDF

Radiometric Dating Lecture - Notes in HTML

Biodiversity of the Fossil Record in PDF

Evolution Lecture in PDF format

Evolution Lecture - Notes in HTML

Evolution Slides in PDF format, Part 1

Evolution Slides in PDF format, Part 2

Mass Extinctions in PDF format

K/T Mass Extinction in PDF

Dinosaurs and the K/T Mass Extinction: Web sites

Study Guide for Test 1

Test 1

Field Trip is Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007

9 a.m. departure, Lot 7 by Brooks Hall

Biostratigraphy in PDF

Stratigraphic Guide

Precambrian Fossils in PDF

First Bilaterian, 600 MY

Invertebrates of the Phanerozoic in PDF

Trace Fossils in PDF

Study Guide for Test 2

Test 2

Web links from PBS Evolution Web Site

(Web links in a Word file)

Tree of Life Web Page

Fish and Tetrapods in PDF

Reptiles in PDF

Dinosaur Paleobiology in PDF

Mammal Evolution in PDF

Study Guide for Test 3

Test 3

The Silurian trilobite Comura

A Mesozoic crinoid

Archaeopteryx

Velociraptor

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Last modified: November 27, 2007