Syllabus
The course is subdivided into two parts. The first one is focused on theoretical questions connected with the study of fossil ecosystems. An attention is paid to fossils, their origin and classification, geological activities of organisms, palaeoecological factor, which affected the distribution patters of organisms in geological past, and also to palaeobiogeography. The second part is aimed at questions of evolution, development of some phenomena of the global ecosystem, and significant events of geological periods.
Reference:
Briggs D. E. G., Crowther P. R., 1992: Palaeobiology: A Synthesis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 583 pp.
Annotation
The course is subdivided into two parts. The first one is focused on theoretical questions connected with the study of fossil ecosystems. An attention is paid to fossils, their origin and classification, geological activities of organisms, palaeoecological factor, which affected the distribution patters of organisms in geological past, and also to palaeobiogeography. The second part is aimed at questions of evolution, development of some phenomena of the global ecosystem, and significant events of geological periods.
Reference:
Briggs D. E. G., Crowther P. R., 1992: Palaeobiology: A Synthesis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 583 pp.