Lisa Whitenack

Biology

Allegheny College

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Paleoecology of the Penn-Dixie Quarry part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
Students work in groups to collect fossils and sediments from the Hamilton Group (Devonian), process their samples, and determine the paleocology and diversity metrics for each formation in the Hamilton Group. ...

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Candy Phylogeny part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
Students learn how make phylogenetic trees from morphological data using a variety of candy. Techniques and concepts learned include outgroup analysis, making a character matrix, coding characters, parsimony, ...

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Paleobiology part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Courses
A study of temporal and spatial changes of the Earth's fauna within the context of evolution and geological processes. The first portion of the course will be an introduction to invertebrate and vertebrate ...

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Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014
June 2014