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| JLJ2011 | Paleontology | 2+0+1 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve ÖZYURT | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve Özyurt | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It assumes some principal rules of paleontology and general features of main fossil groups. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | understand the basic rules of the paleontology
| 1,4 | 2, | | LO - 2 : | define the major fossil groups | 1,4 | 2, | | LO - 3 : | date sedimentary rocks by some fossil taxa | 1,4 | 2,4, | | LO - 4 : | interprete the general depositional environments of sedimentary rocks by fossils
| 1,4 | 2,4, | | LO - 5 : | understand the development of the organic life on the earth | 2 | 1,4, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Paleontology and fossils, fossilization process, taxon, taxonomy and species concepts, taxonomic hierarchy, ichnology and classification of trace fossils. Zoological nomenclature: lettering rules in paleontology, derivation of name in paleontology, principal rules in definition of the fossils. Classification of animals according to their life style and classification of marine environments. Invertebrate phyla: Porifera, Archaeocyatha, Coelenterata, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Mollusca (Pelecypoda, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda) , Arthropoda, Echinodermata (Echinoidea, Crinoidea, Cystoidea, Stelleroidea) , Hemichordata, Micropaleontology: Foraminifera, Radiolaria, Calpionellids, Algae. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The definition of paleontology. Fossils and fossilisation. Modes of preservation of fossils. The taxon and taxonomy. The definition of the species. | | | Week 2 | Palaeontological nomenclature. Classification of the marine organisms according to their mobility. Marine depositional environments. Geological time scale. | | | Week 3 | Porifera, Archaeocyatha, Coelenterata (Rugosa, Tabulata and Scleractinia) | | | Week 4 | Bryozoa, Brachiopoda | | | Week 5 | Pelecypoda, Gastropoda | | | Week 6 | Cephalopoda (Nautiloidea, Ammonoidea, Belemnoidea) | | | Week 7 | Cephalopoda | | | Week 8 | Arthropoda (Trilobita) | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Echinodermata (Echinoidea, Crinoidea, Cystoidea, Blastoidea, Stelleroidea) | | | Week 11 | Echinodermata, Hemichordata (Graptolithina) | | | Week 12 | Microfossils (Foraminifera) | | | Week 13 | Microfossils (Radiolaria, Calpionellids and Algae) | | | Week 14 | 2. Exam | | | Week 15 | Microscopic application | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Çapkınoğlu, Ş. 2004. Paleontoloji. Ders notu, 88 s. | | | |
| 1 | Black, R.M., 1970, The Elements of Palaeontology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 339 p. | | | 2 | Milsom, C. and Rigby, S. 2010. Fossils at a Glance. Wiley-Blackwell, UK,159 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 132.5 |
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