Course: Micropalaeontology

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Course title Micropalaeontology
Course code KGE/MIPAL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lehotský Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Micropalaeontology as a science. Allied disciplines. Essentials of microscopic methods of study of particular of groups of microorganisms. System of microorganisms. Important micropalaeobotanical groups of organisms - Acritarcha, Dinophyta (Dinophyceae), Chromophyta (Coccolithophyceae, Bacillariophycae), Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta palynomorfa etc. Important micropalaeozoological groups - Foraminifera, Radiolaria, Porifera, Coelentarata, Ostracoda, Bryozoa, Calpionellida, Conodonta, fish otolites etc. Rock-forming microfossils. Paleoecological interpretations of environments based on microfossils. Significance for biostratigraphy. Utilization of trend analyses for micropalaeontological evaluation of sediments and determination of palaeoecological conditions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Overview of groups of microfossils and their use in geological sciences. Basics of microscopic methods of studying individual groups of microorganisms.

Prerequisites
unspecified
KGE/PALEO
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KGE/PVZ

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Prerequisite: completed courses of systematic and general palaeontology KGE/PALEO. Practical recognition of the basic groups of microfossils. Active attendance at tutorials.
Recommended literature
  • Bignot, G. (1985). Elements of Micropalaeontology. Springer Verlag, 236pp.
  • Hladilová Š. (ed.). (1997). Dynamika vztahů marinního a kontinetálního prostředí. Sborník příspěvků. Brno.
  • Kulich, J. (1987). Zoopaleontologické techniky. SPN Praha.
  • Pacltová, B. Základy mikropaleobotaniky. SPN Praha.
  • Pokorný, V. (1992). Všeobecná paleontologie. Praha.
  • Pokorný, V. (1954). Základy zoologické mikropaleontologie. Praha.


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