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LSC 294 — Dinosaurs
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Announcements & UpcomingTentative Lecture Schedule
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| Week of: | Topic: | Chapter: |
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| Course Introduction | ||
| Scientific Method; History of Dino Exploration | 1, 14 | |
| Fossils & Stratigraphy | 1-2 | |
| History of Earth; Plate Tectonics
No Class—Labor Day, Sep 5 | 2 | |
| Evolution and Evolutionary Trees | 3 | |
| Vertebrate Anatomy: The Skeleton
Exam 1, Sep 21 | 4 | |
| Relationships of Dinosaurs and other Vertebrates | 4, 13 | |
| Dino Diets & Diversity: Armored Dinosaurs | 5 | |
| Dino Sex Lives & Diversity: Horned Dinosaurs | 6 | |
| Dino Diversity: Duckbills; Parental Care | 7 | |
| Exam 2, Oct 24
Dino Diversity: The Primitive Long-necks | 8 | |
| Dino Diversity: Giant Long-necks; Gigantism | 8 | |
| Dino Diversity: The Meat Eaters
No Class—Veteran's Day, Nov 11 | 9 | |
| Feathered Dinosaurs and Bird Origins | 10-11 | |
| Warm-blooded Dinosaurs?
No Class—Thanksgiving, Nov 25 | 12 | |
| Dinosaur Ecology
Exam 3, Dec 2 | 13 | |
| The Extinction of the Dinosaurs | 15 | |
| 9 — | Final Exam: 9:50 - 11:40 |
Tentative Lab Schedule
(Fall 2011)
| Date: | Topic: |
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| Introduction & Lab Safety | |
| Introduction to Rocks & Fossils | |
| Estimating Age of Rocks | |
| Evolution & Phylogenetic Methods | |
| Weekend Fossil Hunting Trip | |
| Variation & Diversity in Fossil Community | |
| The Vertebrate Skeleton | |
| Diet and Teeth | |
| Dinosaur Relatives & Dawn of Dinosaurs | |
| Herbivorous Dinosaurs | |
| Theropod Dinosaurs | |
| Archaeopteryx & the Evolution of Birds | |
| Estimating Mass of Dinosaurs | |
| No formal lab: Self-guided tour of AZMNH | |
| Human Evolution |
Lab Info:Lab 1—Lab Intro & Safety (Aug 24)
Lab 2—Introduction to Rocks and Fossils (Aug 31)
Lab 3—The Age of Rocks (Sep 7) Lab 4—Phylogenetic Methods (Sep 14) Lab 5—Field Trip (Saturday, Sep 24)
Lab 6—Variation & Diversity (Sep 28) Lab 7—The Vertebrate Skeleton (Oct 5)
Lab 8—Diet and Teeth (Oct 12)
Lab 9—Pre-dinosaurs and other Extinct Reptiles (Oct 19)
Lab 10—Herbivorous Dinosaurs (Oct 26)
Lab 11—Carnivorous (mostly) Dinosaurs (Nov 2)
Lab 12—Origin of Birds (Nov 9)
Lab 13—Estimating Dinosaur Mass (Nov 16) Lab 14—Self-guided Tour of AZNHM (complete on your own prior to Nov 30)
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