MAR 210 - Marine Life through Time

Institution:

Rider University

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4 credits Survey of the important developments in marine life over the last three billion years from the Pre-Cambrian evolution of onecelled organisms, through the Cambrian explosion of complex marine invertebrate life and subsequent diversification of backboned organisms in the Ordovician time, to the colonization of marginal marine and freshwater habitats in the Silurian-Devonian geological periods, and ultimately to extinctions during global crises of the late Devonian, Permian, Triassic, Cretaceous, and Pleistocene time intervals. The emphasis is on evolutionary adaptive breakthroughs within each phylum, particularly the significant morphological and anatomical innovations, and the subsequent radiation of these higher taxa into new habitats and niches through geologic time. Three hours of lecture and one threehour lab per week. Prerequisites: GEO-100 or GEO-113, GEO-102 or BIO-115 or permission of instructor.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rider.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 896-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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