A bad-ass Tyrannosaurus rex from the Cretaceous.

A systematic study of the invertebrate and vertebrate fossil groups, plants, and their evolution and relationships to living forms. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week.

Prerequisite: any 100-level Geology course or any Biology course numbered between 120 and 128.

Link to Paleontology Library Course Guide

Link to the Paleontology Download Page

PICTURES:

4/8/06 - Fossil hunting in the Miocene/Pliocene Yorktown Fm. along the south Shore of the James River, VA

4/8/06 - Fossil hunting in the Upper Pliocene Moore House Mbr. of the Yorktown Fm. near Chuckatuck, VA

Spring 2004 Paleo class field trip to Miocene Calvert Cliffs, MD to collect fossil shark teeth and molluscs

Turitella gastropod fossils collected on Spring 2004 Paleo field trip to the Paleocene Aquia Fm. exposed along Belvedere Beach, south Shore Potomac River, VA

Josh Yonas on a field trip near Smithfield, VA in April, 2002

Decorations made by Marcus' Paleontology Class for the final exam, spring 1999.

Paleontology field trip to Ceaser Creek State Park, OH in April 1996.