GEOL 2002 - Field Methods in Paleontology

This course provides field instruction of basic techniques in paleontology. The course includes exploration, excavation and documentation of vertebrate fossils in Northern Wyoming with special emphasis on late Jurassic dinosaurs. Students will participate in reconnaissance to locate new sites, learn techniques in excavation of dinosaur bones in a large bone quarry and learn how to document such specimens. Summers only.

Credits: 1

Lecture/Lab Hours: 6 lecture hrs, 25 field hrs