Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Evolutionary Palaeobiology
School	School of Geog Earth & Env Sci
Department	Earth and Environ Sciences
Module Code	03 29229
Module Lead	Stephan Lautenschlager
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites	LI Palaeoecology - (03 36203)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	TBC
Contact Hours	Lecture-12 hours Seminar-10 hours Practical Classes and workshops-20 hours Guided independent study-158 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	Content will focus on the long-term patterns of speciation, diversity, morphology change and extinction. These will be discussed in the context of environmental, climate and biotic controls. Content will span terrestrial and marine realms, and plant, invertebrate and microfossil groups.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Show a detailed understanding of key patterns in the long-term records of speciation, extinction and trends in morphological evolution and adaptation across multiple marine and terrestrial, invertebrate, and micro- fossil groups. Be able to formulate the potential abiotic (climate, environment, palaeogeography) and biotic (competition, predation, co-evolution) drivers of large-scale patterns of evolution. Be able to manage and examine palaeontological datasets in the context of macroevolutionary studies. Be able to use palaeontological data and palaeobiological theory to question and debate issues of modern global change biology.
Assessment	29229-01 : Article review : Practical (40%) 29229-02 : Presentation : Presentation (30%) 29229-03 : Practical Exercise : Practical (30%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Canvas quiz (40%). Individual seminar presentation (30%) Data practical exercise (30%) Reassessment: N/A
Other	None
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