Paleontology and Paleoenvironments

The aim of the course is the examination in detail of some fields of Palaeontology of special interest for geologists, and which are also relevant for the understanding of the global changes, including also climate changes.

The course is complementary to the courses of Paleoecology and Biostratigraphy, and is aimed at providing support to an integrated and multidisciplinary facies analysis.

All the topics are treated in depth, to the state-of-the-art level. Several case studies from literature are analysed and discussed during the course.

The student following this course will understand the how to study fossils, and the potential of the fossils for the reconstruction of the paleoenvironments, in support of the Paleoecology and Biostratigraphy, and in integration with facies analysis.