Textbook: Prothero, D.R., 1998. Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology.WCB, McGraw-Hill.

WEEK	TOPICS AND READING
Week 1	Introduction The fossil Record. [Text: Ch. 1.]
Week 2	Variation in Fossils. [Text: Ch. 2]
Week 3	Species and Speciation. [Text: Ch.3]
Week 4	Systematics. [Text: Ch. 4. ]
Week 5	EXAM 1 SEPTEMBER 20
Week 6	Evolution. [Text: Ch. 5]
Week 7	Extinction [Text: Ch.6]
Week 8	Functional Morphology. [Text: Ch. 7]
Week 9	EXAM 2 OCTOBER 18
Week 10	Paleoecology. [Text: Ch. 8]
Week 11	Biogeography. [Text: Ch.9]
Week 12	Biostratigraphy. [Text Ch. 10]
Week 13	EXAM 3 NOVEMBER 15
	THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 14	Chordata and their relatives. [Text Ch. 17]
Week 15	Ichnology (Trace Fossils). [Text Ch. 18]
Week 16	FINAL EXAM