Category: Teaching

Life Through Time – Evolutionary Palaeontology (Part 1)

A colour pdf of the first week’s lecture slides can be found here: 2013_LifeThruTime_Lect1 If you’re looking for a good palaeontology textbook, try Mike Benton & Dave Harper’s “Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record” (2009). Useful web resources on evolution and fossils: 1. History of life through time (University of California Museum of Paleontology) 2. Understanding Evolution (University of...

A Geological History of Britain – part 9

Cretaceous Britain: not just chalk The lecture notes for the class can be found here: 2012_GHB_Lect9 Information on the Lower Cretaceous can be found on the Geological Society website here, and information on the Upper Cretaceous here. Images from the GCR volume “British Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy” can be found here. Information on Baryonyx walkeri (‘Walker’s heavy claw’), the fish-hunting dinosaur...