West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Geology 307 - Paleobiology of Dinosaurs
Spring 2006

LECTURES (These lectures are meant to be 2 hours and 45 minutes each, with at least one ten minute break)

LECTURE 1 - DIGGING UP BONES

LECTURES 2 AND 3 - THE TIME WHEN DINOSAURS LIVED - THE MESOZOIC ERA AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY

LECTURE 4A - FOSSILS AND SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS

LECTURE 4A - FOSSILS AND SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS (POWER POINT)

LECTURE 4B - PHYLOGENY

LECTURE 5 - THE ORIGIN OF VERTEBRATES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

LECTURE 6 - ORIGIN OF DINOSAURIA

LECTURE 7 - STEGOSAURIA AND ANKYLOSAURIA

LECTURE 8 - BONEHEADS

LECTURE 9 - THE HORNED DINOSAURS

LECTURE 10 - ORNITHOPODS

LECTURE 11 - SAUROPODOMORPHA

LECTURE 12 - THE MEAT EATERS

LECTURE 13 - THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS

LECTURE 14 - DINOSAUR EXTINCTION