Dinosaurs and Their Relatives (C) 2018, P

Your instructor...

Dr. David Polly

Oﬃce: Geology Building 524A Department: Geological Sciences Phone: (812) 855-7994 E-mail: [email protected]

Oﬃce Hours: Mon & Wed 12:05-1:00 PM (after lecture) and by appointment Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114 Ankylosauria Stegosauria Ornithopoda (incl. hadrosaurs) Ceratopsia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda (incl. birds)

Ornithischia * cheek teeth with low crowns In this course you will... * muscular cheeks * pubis positioned posteriorly Saurischia * lacrimal exposed on skull roof * additional cervical vertebrae

Dinosauria * Quadrate exposed on lateral side * perforatd acetabulum

gain an increased awareness of evolutionary history of vertebrates, as well as mass extinctions and other events that occurred through the dynamic history of our planet (historical geology).

explore the scientiﬁc method, including quantitative and qualitative approaches. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114

Course objectives

Dinosaur evolution, classiﬁcation, phylogeny, paleobiology, paleoecology and extinction

The origin and evolution of vertebrates, including dinosaurs and their distant relatives the ﬁsh, amphibians and amniotes, and their recent relatives the birds

Geography and climate of the Earth during the evolution of these groups but especially during the Mesozoic time of the dinosaurs

Gait of Plateosaurus (Mallison, 2010, Palaeontologia Electronica 13.2.8A) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114

Student Preparation

The objectives of the course will be achieved if you....

remember facts,

understand the meaning of material presented in lecture and textbook,

apply your knowledge to solving geologic problems during lecture and lab, and

analyze topics by breaking them down and understanding the relationship among the parts

lifelong skills of evaluating information pertaining to dinosaurs and their relatives

bones and dioramas displayed in museums

information in textbooks, coﬀee table books, popular literature such as National Geographic, Time or USA Today

documentaries such as Smithsonian Channel, Discover, NOVA

make informed choices by learning to think critically and to evaluate evidence

job experience

team projects

research

group presentations

Cretaceous tyrannosaurids and Triceratops (Carnegie Museum mural by M. W. Skrepnick) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114

Class attendance All class meetings are mandatory: two lectures and one lab per week, except as scheduled in the syllabus

Labs....

don’t start until next week

labs start 75 minutes earlier than shown on Canvas calendar

bring printed copies of lab sheets to class every week (downloadable from Canvas)

Anne Kort is AI for T 5:45 and W 1:25 Ricardo Ely is AI for W 3:35 and 5:45

The Age of Reptiles mural (1943-47) by Rudolph F. Zallinger at the Peabody Museum of Natural History Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114

Grades

Exams 65% Midterm 1 100 pts Midterm 2 100 pts Final Exam 150 pts

In-Lecture Quizzes (x4) 10% Labs (x14) 25%

The Age of Reptiles mural (1943-47) by Rudolph F. Zallinger at Each lecture exam is comprehensive and will include material presentedthe Peabody Museum of Natural History from the beginning of the semester.

Grade scale: A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F=59 & lower (+/- added)

Textbook

Dinosaurs A Concise Natural History

Third Edition. 2014. Cambridge University Press. By David Fastovsky and David Weishampel, illustrations by John Sibbick

Semester schedule for ﬁrst two weeks

Jan. 9 Introduction Jan. 11 The dinosaur skeleton No Lab meetings

Jan. 16 No lecture (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) Jan. 18 The dinosaur skull Lab 1: Dinosaur skeletons and their features Reading: Chapter 4 of Dinosaurs Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114

Canvas

What is science?

Science is a process for understanding the natural world

observations- something that can be seen directly or indirectly

interpretations- meaning that is ascribed to an observation

fact- an observation or interpretation that is agreed to be true by (nearly) everyone

hypotheses- ideas that are tested with new obervations, interpretations, and facts

theories- well-developed explanatory frameworks for how processes work based on many observations, interpretations, facts, and hypothesis tests Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Indiana University Dinosaurs and their relatives (c) 2018, P. David Polly Geology G114

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