Dinosaurs and the History of Life

Earth and Environmental Sciences V1001y / V1401y

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Lecture
(notes)
 Day 
  Date 
  Title 
1
Wed
1/17/01
Why do Dinosaurs Matter?
Readings
2
Mon
1/22/01
Unraveling Geological Time
Readings
3
Wed
1/24/01
The Discovery of Dinosaurs
Readings
4
Mon
1/29/01
About Your Term Paper
5
Wed
1/31/01
The Process of Evolution
Readings
6
Mon
2/5/01
Inferring the Relationships of Organisms - Cladistics
Readings | Homework
7
Wed
2/7/01
The First 3.7 Billion Yrs
Readings
8
Mon
2/12/01
Earth's Cycles
Readings | Homework
9
Wed
2/14/01
The end of the Permian and the Major Groups of Tetrapods
Readings
10
Mon
2/19/01
The Triassic World and the Origin of Dinosaurs
Readings
11
Wed
2/21/01
Great Triassic Assemblages Pt 1 ? The Chinle and Newark
Readings
12
Mon
2/26/01
Great Triassic Assemblages Pt 2 ? The Keuper and Fleming Fjord
Readings
 13 
Wed
2/28/01
Mass Extinction at the Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs ? 
14
Mon
3/5/01
The Lias , Newark, Glen Canyon, and Stormberg Assemblages
Readings
15
 Wed 3/7/01
Review for Midterm
 
Mon-
Fri
3/12/01-
3/16/01
Spring Break
 
Mon
3/19/01
Midterm
17 & 18
Wed

Mon
3/21/01

3/26/01
The Real Jurassic Park - Morisson and Tendaguru
Readings
Draft of Term Papers Due (Mon., 3/26/01)
19
Wed
3/28/01
Solnhofen - Birds ARE Dinosaurs!
Readings
 
Mon
4/2/01
No Class
 
Wed
4/4/01
No Class
20
Mon
4/9/01
The Early Cretaceous - Europe, the Cloverly Formation, Montana, Mongolia and North China
Readings
21
Wed
4/11/01
The Late Cretaceous I - Mongolia
Readings
Go to the Master Cladograms
22
Mon
4/16/01
The Late Cretaceous II - South America, Two Medicine and Judith River, Eastern US , and Hell Creek
Readings
Go to the Master Cladograms
23
Wed
4/18/01
Hot Blooded Dinosaurs?
Readings
24
Mon
4/23/01
The Impact Theory of Mass Extinction
Readings
25
Wed
4/25/01
Cenozoic, the Evolution of Humans, and our Present Condition
26
Mon
4/30/01
Review for Final
Final Version of Papers Due & American Museum Trip Write Up Due
   Mon 5/07/01 
Final Exam - 1:10 PM, 717 Hamilton

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