SEMANA 1

Appearance and Anatomy

This lesson covers the diversity in dinosaur appearances, and will be able to identify major features of the major groups of dinosaurs.

7 vídeos, 4 leituras

Reading: Instructional Staff
Reading: Meet Your Presenter: Betsy Kruk
Reading: Course Glossary
Reading: Lesson 1 Course Notes
Vídeo: Introduction
Vídeo: Size
Vídeo: Skeleton
Vídeo: Saurischians
Vídeo: Ornithischians
Vídeo: Appearance
Vídeo: Muscles

Nota atribuída: Appearance and Anatomy

SEMANA 2

Death and Fossilization

This module describes how fossils form, how we interpret the taphonomy of skeletons and bonebeds, and looks at the possible biases taphonomic events may create in the fossil record.

3 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 2 Course Notes
Vídeo: Taphonomy
Vídeo: Fossilization
Vídeo: Field Work

Nota atribuída: Death and Fossilization

SEMANA 3

Eating

This module looks at the variety of food types, feeding habits, and feeding adaptations amongst the major groups of dinosaurs.

4 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 3 Course Notes
Vídeo: Types of Eaters
Vídeo: Teeth
Vídeo: Claws
Vídeo: Determining Diet

Nota atribuída: Lesson 3

SEMANA 4

Moving Around

This module helps students understand the general modes and styles of locomotion in the major dinosaur groups. It also describes general methods of evaluating hypotheses on locomotion.

4 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 4 Course Notes
Vídeo: Stance
Vídeo: Limbs
Vídeo: Trackways
Vídeo: Metabolism

Nota atribuída: Lesson 4

SEMANA 5

Birth, Growth and Reproduction

This module provides a generalized life history of a dinosaur, from birth through adulthood, including reproduction. The student will be able to describe major techniques of evaluating growth stages and rates in dinosaurs.

3 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 5 Course Notes
Vídeo: Eggs
Vídeo: Young Dinosaurs
Vídeo: Males & Females

Nota atribuída: Lesson 5

SEMANA 6

Attack and Defense

Examines the behaviours and structures that may have served for attack or defence through the lifetime of a dinosaur.

3 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 6 Course Notes
Vídeo: Defensive Adaptations
Vídeo: Offensive Adaptations
Vídeo: Intraspecific Interactions

Nota atribuída: Lesson 6

SEMANA 7

What is a Species?

This module will teach the different ways of defining what a species is. Students will be able to compare the strengths and weaknesses of different species concepts for different situations.

3 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 7 Course Notes
Vídeo: Naming Species
Vídeo: Holotype
Vídeo: Differentiating Species

Nota atribuída: Lesson 7

SEMANA 8

Evolution

This module will describe the basic theories of speciation, and discusses how how these different methods of speciation may have occurred, including both hypothetical and empirical examples.

3 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 8 Course Notes
Vídeo: Clades
Vídeo: Convergence
Vídeo: Birds

Nota atribuída: Lesson 8

SEMANA 9

Stratigraphy and Geologic Time

This method provides basic stratigraphic concepts and the scale of earth history. Students will understand the evolution of dinosaurs through time, including which groups evolved when and where.

3 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 9 Course Notes
Vídeo: Deep Time
Vídeo: Stratigraphy
Vídeo: The Age of Dinosaurs

Nota atribuída: Lesson 9

SEMANA 10

Paleogeography and Plate Tectonics

This module presents the basic concepts in plate tectonics and the evolution of the earth’s surface.

4 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 10 Course Notes
Vídeo: Paleogeography
Vídeo: Continental Movement
Vídeo: Paleoclimates
Vídeo: Dinosaur Diversity

Nota atribuída: Lesson 10

SEMANA 11

Dinosaur Origins

This module will look at the evolution of dinosaurs from non-dinosaurian archosaurs.

3 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 11 Course Notes
Vídeo: Origins
Vídeo: Diapsids
Vídeo: Rise of the Dinosaurs

Nota atribuída: Lesson 11

SEMANA 12

Dinosaur Extinction

The module will examine the end-Cretaceous extinction event, and provide examples of vertebrate groups that both persisted and died out during the event.

4 vídeos, 1 leitura

Reading: Lesson 12 Course Notes
Vídeo: Extinction
Vídeo: Causes of Extinction
Vídeo: Chicxulub Impactor
Vídeo: Resurrecting Dinosaurs

Nota atribuída: Lesson 12

Nível	Beginner
Compromisso	12 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week
Idioma	English, Legendas: Italian, German, French
Como ser aprovado	Seja aprovado em todas as tarefas para concluir o curso.
Classificação do usuário	4.9 estrelas Classificação média do usuário 4.9Veja o que os aprendizes disseram

Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology

Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology