Vertebrate Paleobiology
Module: Macroevolution (PB-V3)
This course provides an introduction to the major fossil vertebrate groups (early vertebrates, jawless fish, bony fish, early tetrapods, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, and mammals), working up through the Phanerozoic towards the present day.
Evolutionary phenomena and the paleobiological methods used to analyze them will also be explored, for example, mass extinctions, adaptive radiations, and the influence of environmental factors and fossil record biases on vertebrate evolutionary history.