For the following groups of organisms, their morphology, stratigraical distribution, palaeoekology and possible applicability will be discussed:
1. Vermes
2. Mollusca
3. Arthropoda
4. Bryozoa
5. Brachiopoda
6. Echinodermata
7. Hemichordata
8. Vertebrata
This course gives to MSc students an extended knowledge on palaeontological system (Metazoa: Invertebrates and Vertebrates). All main groups of fossil organisms are characterized from the view-point of detailed morphology, palaeoecology, evolution and systematic subdivision.
Each lecture is followed by practical demonstration of fossil material samples.