Syllabus
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Course Code: B-GGY -301 Course Name: Palaeontology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Fossil, mode of preservation of fossils, condition of fossilization; organic evolution, theories of evolution – Lamarkism and Darwanism. | |
| 2 | Brief Introduction and Morphology to brachiopod, Trilobite and Mollusca (gastropod, cephalopod and pelecypod) and graptoloidea. | |
| 3 | Elementary idea of vertebrate life; evolution of horse and man; classification of plant kingdom and Gondwana flora; Morphology of Echinoids and their environmental significance. | |
| 4 | Elementary idea of micropalaeontology and its scopes; Morphology of foraminifers and ostracodes; fossil spores and pollen. | |
