Date

Material

Jan. 8/9

Lab 1:  Lab Introduction

Jan.15/16

Lab 2: Fossilization

Jan. 22/23

Lab 3: Sponges, Archaeocyathans, and Cnidarians

Jan. 29/30

Lab 4: Taxonomy, paleoecology, and taphonomy of the middle Miocene Hawthorn Group fauna (field trip to Rattlesnake branch of Hawthorn Creek, Gainesville)

Feb. 5/6

Lab 5: Molluscs (exclusive of cephalopods) Brachiopods and Bryozoans

Feb. 12/13

Lab 6: Graptolites, Echinoderms (Blastoids, Cystoids and Crinoids only),  and Paleozoic Plants

Feb. 19/20

Lab 7: Echinoids (crinoids, blastoids, and cystoids only)

Feb. 25/26

Lab 8: Midterm

Mar. 4/5

Lab 9: Arthropods and Molluscs (cephalopods only)

Mar. 18/19

No lab-Field Trip

Mar. 25/26

No class-compensation for field trip Lab 11: Graptolites and Paleozoic Plants

Apr. 1/2

Lab 11: Echinoderms (echinoids only) & Molluscs (exclusive of cephalopods)

Apr. 8/9

Lab 12: Microfossils: calcareous nannofossils, diatoms, radiolaria, and silicoflagellates

Apr. 1516

Lab 13: Microfossils: chitinozoans, acritarchs, dinoflagellates, pollen, spores, ostracods, foraminifera, and conodonts

Apr. 22/23

Lab 14: Lab Final