Paleontology Course
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to palaeontology, covering fieldwork, laboratory techniques, and public communication skills to analyze and share fossil discoveries.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Palaeontology Course provides a focused, hands-on journey from fieldwork to laboratory analysis to public engagement. Learn to interpret maps and stratigraphic columns, plan effective field programmes, record sections, and collect fossils methodically. Develop expertise in taphonomy, palaeoecology, biostratigraphy, and geochemical analysis, then transform your findings into straightforward reports, digital datasets, and captivating fossil trail resources.
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Develop skills
- Plan palaeontology fieldwork: mapping, stratigraphy logging, sampling, and safety.
- Examine fossil assemblages to deduce palaeoecology, climate, and environments.
- Employ taphonomy and sedimentology to understand preservation and burial history.
- Utilise laboratory and biostratigraphic techniques to date strata and construct high-resolution timelines.
- Produce clear, public-facing fossil trail panels from technical geological data.
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