Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
BASIC PALEONTOLOGY GEO223 0 + 0 3.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
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Goals To teach main fossil groups (macro and micro fauna)and their basic information
Course Content Value of paleontologic studies in geologic exploration. Sampling and sample preparation techniques. Fossilization. Classification of the major fossil groups. Invertebrate fossils including microfossils such as foraminifera, nannoplanktons, calpionellids and radiolaria. Other invertebrates: Coelenterate, Brachiopod, Bryozoans, Mollusk (gastropods, bivalves and cephalopods), Arthropods (Trilobite), Echinoderm and Graptolites. A brief explanation on vertebrates. Their general features and selected index genus and species. Fossils as chronometers of the Phanerozoic and as paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic indicators
Learning Outcomes 1) They learn various microfossil groups
2) They learn various macrofossil groups
3) They give relative ages of rocks by using fossil data
4) They interprate paleoenvironments of rocks and geological history
5) They interprate boundaries and relationship between geological units and economic values such as petroleum and coals.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction, subjects of paleontology, literature information, fossil and fossilization, significance of fossils, fossil writing rules, Lab: microscope studies, fossil & fossilization Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Sampling, classification of organisms, taxonomic hierarchy, environments and life modes, dating of rocks and interpretation of environment by using fossil data with examples Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Microorganisms, Lab: Algea, coccolite, radiolaria, conodont, ostrocoda, diatome Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week General characteristics of foraminifera, dimorphism, biofabric, Lab: Textulariids, fusulinids Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Textulariid, fusulinid, haurinidler Lab: Haurinidler Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Rotaliids, Lab: Rotaliids Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Mikrofossils and their environments, Vendian fossils, Lab: Rotaliids Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Homework
8. Week Plant fossils, Archaeocyatha, porifera, annelid, stramatoporoid Lab: Plants, Mid-Term exam Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Homework
9. Week Corals, Bryzoans Lab: Corals, Bryzoans Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Homework
10. Week Brachiopoda, Bivalvia general characteristics,Lab: Brachiopoda Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Bivalvia Lab: Bivalvia Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Gastropoda, ammonites Lab: Gastropoda Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Echinodermata, trilobites Uyg: Ammonites, Echinoids :& Trilobites Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Graptolites, vertebrate fossils, evaluation of previous lectures Lab: Graptolites & vertebrate fossils Lecture; Question Answer
Colloquium
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Armstrong, H.A., & Brasier, M.D. 2005. Microfossils. Blackwell Publishing, 296 p. ISBN-13: 978-0-632-05279-0
Dizer, A., 1983. Paleontoloji (Omurgasız). İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, Sayı: 3167, Istanbul, 456 s.
Görmüş, M. 2013. Power Point Presentations. Ank. Üniv
İnan, N., 2006. Paleontoloji (Fosil Bilim). Seçkin Yayıncılık, Sözkesen Matbaası, Ankara, 204 s. ISBN: 975 02 0136 1
Meriç, E., 1983. Foraminiferler. Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitüsü Yayınları, eğitim serisi, No: 26, Ankara, 280s., 151 lev.
Meriç, E., 1985. Mikropaleontoloji. Jeoloji Mühendisleri Odası yayını, yayın no: 19, Ayyıldız Matbaası, Ankara, 135 s.
Sayar, C., 1991. Paleontoloji: Omurgasız fosiller. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, sayı: 1435, Istanbul, 672 s.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 14 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 3
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 15
Final Exam 1 5
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 25
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