Paleontology Course
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to palaeontology, covering fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and public communication skills to understand ancient life and environments.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Palaeontology Course provides a focused, hands-on pathway from the field to the lab to public outreach. Learn to read maps and stratigraphic columns, design efficient field programs, log sections, and sample fossils systematically. Develop skills in taphonomy, palaeoecology, biostratigraphy, and geochemical analysis, then translate your results into clear reports, digital datasets, and engaging fossil trail materials.
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Develop skills
- Design palaeontology fieldwork: mapping, strat logging, sampling, and safety.
- Analyse fossil assemblages to infer palaeoecology, climate, and environments.
- Apply taphonomy and sedimentology to interpret preservation and burial history.
- Use lab and biostrat methods to date strata and build high-resolution timelines.
- Create clear, public-ready fossil trail panels from technical geological data.
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