| Schedule for Spring 2020 | ||||
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Tuesday, 1/21 |
Lecture 1: What Happened to the Dinosaurs?
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Reading: The Mistaken Extinction, pp. 1-20
Chapter 01 - the Seductive Allure of Dinosaurs
Chapter 02 - Earlier Extinction Hypotheses
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Thursday, 1/23 |
Lecture 2: The Discovery of Time
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Reading: pp. 21-42 Chapter 03 - Contrasting Volcanic and Impact Hypotheses
Chapter 04 - Enormous Eruptions, Disappearing Seaways
assignment: geological time scale - p. 5 |
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| Week 2 | ||||
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Tuesday, 1/28 |
Lecture 3:Collecting Evidence |
Multimedia CD: Collecting Triceratops
Multimedia CD: Plate Tectonics
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Thursday, 1/30 |
Lecture 4: Earth Structure & Evolution http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2009/J09-030.html |
Reading: pp. 43-66 |
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| Week 3 | ||||
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Tuesday, 2/04 |
Lecture 5: Sedimentation and Fossilization
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Reading: pp. 67-74 Chapter 06 - the Search for the Smoking Gun
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Thursday, 2/06 |
Lecture 6: Uniformitarianism & the Fatal Impact
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Reading: pp. 75-90: Chapter 07 - Patterns of Survival and Extinction
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| Week 4 | ||||
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Tuesday, 2/11 |
Exam I | |||
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Thursday, |
Lecture 7: Evolution, Hierarchy, & Genealogy
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Reading: pp. 91-104 |
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| Week 5 | ||||
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Tuesday, 2/18 |
Lecture 8: The Vertebrate Skeleton
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Multimedia CD: Archosaur Anatomy
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Thursday, 2/20 |
Lecture 9: Vertebrate Origins |
Reading: pp. 105-124
Multimedia CD: Vertebrate Cladogram & Cladogram Quizzes |
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Week 6 |
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Tuesday, 2/25 |
Lecture 10: Fish-like Vertebrates |
Reading: pp. 125-140 Chapter 10 - Dinosaurs Challenge Evolution
Multimedia CD: Vertebrate Cladogram & Cladogram Quizzes (continued...)
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Thursday, 2/27 |
Lecture 11: Life on Land & Early Reptiles |
Reading: pp. 141-168 Chapter 11- Dinosaurs and the Hierarchy of Life
Multimedia CD: Vertebrate Cladogram & Cladogram Quizzes (continued...)
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Week 7 |
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Tuesday, 3/03 |
Lecture 12: The Archosaur Revolution and the Origin of Dinosaurs |
Multimedia CD: Vertebrate Cladogram & Cladogram Quizzes (continued...)
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Thursday, 3/05 |
Lecture 13: The Origin of Dinosaurs
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Multimedia CD: Vertebrate Cladogram & Cladogram Quizzes (complete)
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Week 8 |
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Tuesday, 3/10 |
Lecture 14: Review |
Reading: pp. 169-194 |
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Thursday, 3/12 |
EXAM II
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Week 9 |
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Tuesday, 3/17 |
Spring Break |
stay out of trouble
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Thursday, 3/19 |
Spring Break |
stay out of trouble |
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Week 10 |
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Tuesday, 3/24 |
No Lecture
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Reading: pp. 195-206 Dinosaur flashcards |
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Thursday, 3/26 |
No Lecture |
Reading: pp. 207-228 Chapter 14 - The Road to Jurassic Park Dinosaur flashcards |
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Week 11 |
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Tuesday, 3/31 |
Lecture 15: Dinosaur Diversity: an Introduction to Ornithischia |
Reading: pp. 207-228 Chapter 14 - The Road to Jurassic Park (completed)
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Thursday, 4/02 |
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Reading: pp. 229-244 Chapter 15 - Crossing the Boundary
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Week 12 |
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Tuesday, 4/07 |
Lecture 17: The Origin of Birds
http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/books/nzbirds/
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Reading: pp. 245-263 Chapter 16 - Diversification and Decline
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Thursday, 4/09 |
Lecture 18: Diversification of Avian Dinosaurs |
Reading: pp. 245-263 Chapter 16 - Diversification and Decline
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Week 13 |
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Tuesday, 4/14 |
Exam III |
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Thursday, 4/16 |
Lecture 19: Synapsid Evolution |
Reading: pp. 285-296
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Week 14 |
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| Tuesday, 4/21 | Lecture 20: The Origin of Mammals |
Reading: pp. 285-296 |
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Thursday, 4/23 |
Lecture 21: Human Evolution
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p. 297-301
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Week 15 |
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Tuesday, 4/28 |
Lecture 22: Human Diversification & Impact
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TBA
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Thursday, 4/30 |
Lecture 23: The Real
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TBA
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Week 16 |
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Tuesday, 5/05 |
Lecture 24: Course Summary
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TBA
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Thursday, 5/07 |
Exam IV (comprehensive) | |||