COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NOMENCLATURE RULES IN PALEONTOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5005 NOMENCLATURE RULES IN PALEONTOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FUNDA AKGÜN

Offered to

Applied Geology
Applied Geology

Course Objective

Even if popular names for most of animals and plants are used, all known life (and past life) has a strict formal name. The nomenclature of any organism is a classification system known as Taxonomy, and its importance, and the different divisions recognised, are discussed in this lesson. The aim of this course is to examine and explain the rules of taxonomy which were accepted by International Botanical and Zoological Congress.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to gain ability to practise the concepts of Taxonomy and Sistematics.
2   To be able to apply the principles, rules and recommendations of palaeontological nomenclature.
3   To be able to discuss the effects of geographic and stratigraphic data over the palaeontological nomenclature.
4   To be able to determinate the genus, species, author nomenclature.
5   To be able to apply the changing names of taxon and application to the fossil flora and fauna of genus names considering genus nomeclature.
6   To be able to follow-up and evaluate the developments in zoological, botanical and palaeontologic nomenclature

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General overview about Taxonomy (The Nature of Taxa, Hierarchy and Rank) and systematic and an introduction to the concept of species
2 The concept of genus and paleontological nomenclature
3 Principles, guidelines and recommendations in paleontological nomenclature
4 Geographic and stratigraphic data and the effects on the nomenclature.
5 Rules of writting on genus names
6 Rules of writting on species names
7 Rules of writting on author names
8 Mid term
9 Changing the names of taxon and gender of genus names.
10 Precedence,Homonymy, Synonymy, Conservation, Suppression, and Emendation
11 Presentation
12 Publication requirements, publication date selection of accepted names
13 Case studies
14 Case studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Lodos, N. & Önder, F., 1985, Uluslararası Zooloji Isimlendirme Yasası (Temmuz 14985 Londra, XV. Uluslararası Zooloji Kongresince kabul edilen Uluslar arası Isimlendirme Yasası), Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:472, s.1-204.
Zoological and palaeontological nomenclature: their regulation by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Volume 94, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 193-200
Christopher J. Cleal and Barry A. Thomas, 2010. Botanical nomenclature and plant fossils, Abstract, Taxon, 59: 261-268
Hawksworth, D. L. , 2001. Nomenclature, Systems of Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Volume 4

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral and visual presentations, homework and discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +ASG * 0.35 +FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ASG * 0.35 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Students collect the information from the literature for homework and prepare a report and a presentation.

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1,2, 3 and 4 will be testified by homework report and presentation, midterm, final exam and makeup exam
The other learning outcomes 5 ve 6 will be testified by homework presentation, final exam and makeup exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Funda AKGUN
Dokuz Eylül University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Geology Engineering.
eposta: funda.akgun@deu.edu.tr
tel:4127308

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 40 40
Preparation for final exam 1 51 51
Preparing presentations 1 28 28
Preparing assignments 1 28 28
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555
LO.65555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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