The Natural History of Dinosaurs :: Spring 2024
Welcome!
Welcome to the course website for Natural History of Dinosaurs. This will be the primary site that will host course information, changes to the schedule, and homework assignments. The Catcourses, or Canvas, site for this course will be used for turning in assignments and course grades. See the Syllabus for details and the Schedule for information regarding important dates and content.
Announcements
- No Office Hours or Lecture Wednesday Feb 28
Lecture Slides
- Lecture 1: Paleontology and Sedimentology
- Lectures 2 & 3: Evolution and Cladistics
- Lecture 4: Life before dinosaurs 1
- Lecture 5: Life before dinosaurs 2
- Lecture 6: Dinosaurs!
- Lecture 7: Stegosauria
- Lecture 8: Ankylosauria
- Lecture 9: Pachycephalosaurs
- Lecture 10: Ceratopsians
- Lecture 11: Ornithopods
- Lecture 12 & 13: Sauropods
- Lecture 14: Metabolism
- Lecture 15: Body Size
- Lectures 16 & 17: Theropods I
- Lectures 18: Theropods II
- Lecture 19a: Evolution of Birds
- Lecture 19b: Flying Reptiles
- Lexure 20: Aquatic Reptiles
- Lecture 21: Crocs and the Mesozoic World
- Lecture 22: Mammals
- Lecture 23: Extinctions