Teaching
I am currently teaching two courses: a second year course Palaeobiology, and a third year course concerning the origin and evolution of mammals biology students.
The following lists give a general outline of each of the courses; by clicking on any of the items in the lists you will be directed to synopses of each lecture.
2nd Year. Final honour School in Biological Sciences: Principles of Palaeobiology
Lectures 1. & 2. What use are fossils?
Lecture 3. The nature of palaeobiological theories.
Lecture 4. What the fossil record can add to understanding speciation.
Lecture 5. Taxonomic turnover.
Lecture 6. Mass extinction.
Lectures 7. & 8. The origin of new higher taxa.
3rd Year. Final honour School in Biological Sciences:
The origin and evolution of mammals Lecture 1: What is a mammal? Lecture 2: The first great leap forwards: the origin of therapsids. Lecture 3: The closest fossil relatives of Mammalia. Lecture 4: Evolution of mammalian locomotion. Lecture 5: Evolution of the brain and physiological features of mammals. Lecture 6: The first two thirds of mammalian history: Mesozoic mammals. Lecture 7: The origin of the tribosphenic molar tooth. Lecture 8: The Tertiary radiation of placentals in Laurasia. Lecture 9: The story of the South American mammals. Lecture 10: The Pleistocene megafaunal extinction. Lecture 11: The impact of molecular taxonomy. Lecture 12: Adventures in the field!
The origin and evolution of mammals Lecture 1: What is a mammal? Lecture 2: The first great leap forwards: the origin of therapsids. Lecture 3: The closest fossil relatives of Mammalia. Lecture 4: Evolution of mammalian locomotion. Lecture 5: Evolution of the brain and physiological features of mammals. Lecture 6: The first two thirds of mammalian history: Mesozoic mammals. Lecture 7: The origin of the tribosphenic molar tooth. Lecture 8: The Tertiary radiation of placentals in Laurasia. Lecture 9: The story of the South American mammals. Lecture 10: The Pleistocene megafaunal extinction. Lecture 11: The impact of molecular taxonomy. Lecture 12: Adventures in the field!
