Università Roma Tre

Introduction to the history of Palaeontology (2h).
Taphonomy (2h).
Systematics: classification.
The species concept. different taxonomy schools (2h).
Palaeoecology: marine palaeoecology. Elements of continental palaeoecology.
Palaeoichnology (4h). Biostratigraphy: biozones. Biostratigraphic correlations (4h).
Evolution: fossils and evolution. Lamark’s and Neo-lamarckist’s evoluton theory. Darwin’s evolution theory. Microevolution. Synthetic and Punctuated Equilibria theories. Macroevolution. Extinction. Adaptive radiation (8h).
Palaeobiogeography: the historical biogeography: dispersion and vicariance. The ecological biogeography. Plate tectonics and palaeobiogeography (2h).

The origin of life (2h)
The Cambrian "explosion" (2h)
Selection of fossil organisms (20h)

AAVV, 2020 - Manuale di Paleontologia. Fondamenti e applicazioni. Idelson-Gnocchi;
Raffi S. & Serpagli E., 1993 - Introduzione Alla Paleontologia. U.T.E.T.;
Benton M.J. & Harper D.A.T., 2009 - Introduction to Paleobiology and the fossil record, Wiley-Blackwell.