“Fascinating paleontology” - course 1000 rubles. from MSU, training 5 weeks. (1 month), Date: December 6, 2023.

Fossils. What are they and how are they formed
In the first lesson we will talk about what paleontology and fossilization are, what types of fossils there are and why they are so different.

Types of preservation of fossil organisms. What kind of remains do paleontologists find and study?
In the second lesson we will see and discuss various types of preservation of fossil organisms, we will learn that paleontologists they study not only the skeletons of dinosaurs, but also traces of the movement of various animals, houses, and even food life activity. Let's also talk about why not every spherical stone can be a dinosaur egg.

Ancient animals. Invertebrates
In the third lesson we will talk about ancient invertebrate animals. We will find out who nummulites, ammonites, trilobites are (by the way, they are not related at all!) and we will also look at many other animals.

Ancient animals. Vertebrates
In the fourth lesson, we realize that the word “paleontology” is not limited to the concept of “dinosaur”; we will see many other ancient vertebrates. We will find out who pareiasaurs, ichthyosaurs, and pterosaurs are (by the way, all of them are not dinosaurs!), but, of course, we will also discuss dinosaurs.

Ancient plants
In the fifth lesson we will talk about ancient plants, find out who rhinophytes are, look at the ancient ferns (they differ significantly from modern ones), we will discuss the formation of coal and much more other.