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Course: Diversity and evolution of fossil vertebrates

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Course title Diversity and evolution of fossil vertebrates
Course code KZO/114
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the winter semester.
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Říčan Oldřich, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The all-important historical aspect in bilogy; evolution of chordates, evolution of vertebrates, Agnatha and the evolution of jaws; Acanthodii, Placodermi, Chondrichthyes; bone and bone types, ossification types, calcified cartilage, Osteichthyes, Actinoptergii, Dipnoi, Crossopterygii; anatomical and ecological transformations accompanying the colonization of dry land by vertebrates; amphibians in the Devonian and early Carboniferous; Labyrinthodontia; Lepospondyli, extant amphibians; early diversification of amniota; Anapsida; the great Permian extinction; Testudinata; Diapsida (Squamata); Sauropterygia; Archosauria; Crocodilia; Pterosauria, Dinosauria; Aves, mesozoic birds, Ichthyosauria; Synapsida, Pelycosauria, Therapsida; Mammalia; Multituberculata; Theria, Monotremata; Marsupialia; Placentalia; Evolution of the global ekosystém, exctinctions (Permian, Cretaceous/Tertiary); evolution of active flight, vertebrate adaptations to aquatic live, Tertiary radiations; Evolution of hominids and man; Pleistocene glaciations; the origin and poverty of extant vertebrate faunas.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Students will become familiar with the diversity of fossil vertebrates who lived on Earth in its geological past, from which ancestors they evolved and how related they are to extant vertebrates. Focus is placed on morpho-functional transformations in the context of global ecosystem evolution.

Prerequisites
KZO / 152 Zoologie obratlovců

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Students will be examined oraly with a test in midterm. 70 % of correct answers are needed to pass the examination.
Recommended literature
  • : John Reilly. 2018. The Ascent of Birds: How Modern Science Is Revealing Their Story. Pelagic Publishing, 320 str..
  • : KARDONG, K. V., Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque-Melbourne-Oxford, 1995..
  • : Paul S. Martin. 2007. Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America. University of California Press, 269 str..
  • Alan Turner and Mauricio Anton. 2007. Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large-Mammal Fauna. Columbia University Press, 304 str..
  • CARROLL, R. L., Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995..
  • Donald R. Prothero. 2006. After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals. Indiana University Press, 392 str..
  • JARVIK, E., Basic Structure and Evolution of Vertebrates 2. Academic Press, London-New York-Toronto-Sydney-San Francisco, 1980.
  • Jennifer A. Clack. 2012. Gaining Ground: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods. Indiana University Press, 544 str..
  • John Foster. 2020. Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press, 560 str..
  • Jordi Agustí and Mauricio Antón. 2005. Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe. Columbia University Press, 328 str..
  • Nicholas Fraser and Douglas Henderson. 2006. Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Life in the Triassic. Indiana University Press, 328 str..
  • Philip J. Currie (Editor). 2005. Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed. Indiana University Press, 672 pages..
  • Prehistorie - Obrazový průvodce vývojem života na Zemi..
  • Roček, Z., 2002: Historie obratlovců. Academia, Praha, 512 str..
  • ROMER, A. S. a PARSONS, T. S., The Vertebrate Body. W. B. Sounders Company, Philadelphia-London-Toronto, 1977..
  • Ross D.E. MacPhee. 2019. End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals. W. W. Norton & Company, 236 str..
  • Sébastien Steyer. 2012. Earth before the Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, 200 str. (i české vydání).
  • Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska. 2013. In Pursuit of Early Mammals. Indiana University Press, 272 str..


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 13.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026