Paleontology and Biostratigraphy

The Department of Geosciences has a long history of research in vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology and biostratigraphy. Research includes field studies in the Cretaceous of Big Bend National Park, Permian carbonate rocks of the Guadalupe Reef Complex, Permo-Traissic strata in the southern High Plains and adjacent New Mexico, and Paleozoic strata throughout the midcontinent, with particular emphasis on the biostratigraphy of the Silurian and Devonian.

Faculty

Dr. Neo McAdams, micropaleontology.

Research Facilities

• Natural Science Research Laboratory
• Paleontology Division at the Texas Tech Museum

Courses in Paleontology and Biostratigraphy

• GEOL 3450 Paleontology and Paleoecology
• GEOL 4340 Extraordinary Events in Deep Time
• GEOL 5311 Micropaleontology
• GEOL 5420 Geologic Correlation