PALEONTOLOGIA CON LABORATORIO 2

Module MODULO DI LABORATORIO DI PALEONTOLOGIA

Ability to know thoroughly binomial nomenclature and to understand  systematics;

Ability to recognize fossils of the main taxa of marine invertebrates through the recognition of their main characters in samples of fossils and fossiliferous rocks.

Ability to recognize some species and some taxa at higher taxonomic rank, that are important at regional level.

1. PP presentations to present the different groups,

2. laboratories devoted to exercises.

3. laboratories with examination of fossils and fossiliferous rocks in order to learn to observe, describe and recognize the fossils, both isolated and within rocks. During laboratories, we will also learn methods for the collection, processing and presentation of simple data to describe individual taxa and for the documentation and enhancement of the fossil heritage.

4. field escursion, if possible integrated with the Course of Paleontology.

See the information reported for the Paleontology Course, integrated with this one.

Attendance for the Laboratory is mandatory and even more fundamental than in the Paleontology course due to the unique opportunity offered to students to see and handle fossils.

It is therefore suggested not to miss any appointments.

Structure, organisation and classification, and first information on autoecology, functional morfology and

stratigraphic distribution of selected taxa selezionati from marin environments. Introduction to

Cyanoficeae, Diatomeae, Radiolaria, Foraminifera, Coccolithophorida, Coralline algae; Tabulata,

Heliolithiida, Rugosa, Scleractinia, Octocorallia, Serpuloidea, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia,

Gastropoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Crinoidea, Echinoidea, Trilobita, Ostracoda, Cirripedia.

Some texts useful for invertebrate systematics are listed below but please, refer to the information on the texts of the Paleontology course (a course integrated with this one and with many texts in common) for further details.

AAVV edited by the Italian Paleontological Society. Manual of Paleontology. Fundamentals. Applications. Idelson Gnocchi, 2020.

Doyle P. 1996. Understanding fossils. An introduction to invertebrate paleontology. Wiley & sons.

Allasinaz A. 1991. General and systematic paleontology of invertebrates. ECIG.

Allasinaz A. 1999. Fossil invertebrates. User

1. What are the morphological characteristics used for the classification of irregular echinoids?

2. What are the morphological characteristics of bryozoans and what are the main characters used to distinguish the two classes we dealt with?

3. Similarities and differences between tetracorals and hexacorals.

4. What are the characteristics common to ammonoids and nautiloids and what characters are useful  to distinguish them?

5. Fossils characterized by the presence of two valves can be very distant taxonomically: which ones do you know and what are the differences?

6. What are the main characters we can use for  the distinction of the fossils of the unicellular organisms that we studied in the course?