Learning objectives
The course aims to provide students with the tools for addressing the classical issues or the most recent developments in micropaleontology through the knowledge of the basic elements that allow the reconstruction of the biostratigraphy and of the paleoecology in a chronological framework
Course unit content
Biostratigraphy
Stratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology
Micropaleontology
Calcareous microfossils
Siliceous microfossils
Other microfossils
Full programme
Biostratigraphy
Stratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Geochronology
Biostratigraphy, introduction, biostratigraphic units, schemes, biochronological resolution, biostratigraphic correlations.
Methods in biostratigraphy
Introduction to the evolutionary process
Micropaleontology
Calcareous microfossils: Coccoliths, Foraminifera, and Ostracods
Siliceous microfossils: Diatoms, Radiolaria
Other microfossils: Acritarchs, Dinoflagellate cysts, Conodonts
Teaching methods
Lessons and practical classes at light microscope and scanning electronic microscope.
