BIOL2009 Animal Biodiversity

Lecture covering the major clades and phylogeny of mammals, common traits of mammals as well as specialist traits (eg. diggers, hooved animals and bone structure adapted to running/leaping)

The phylogeny of amphibians, characteristics of amphibians and details on anatomy. Extra reading with sources cited.

Animal Biodiversity lecture covering the phylogeny of reptiles, main characteristics of reptiles and evolution of traits.

Lecture covering the phylogeny of molluscs and main common features, main clades (eg. gastropods, cephalopods, bivalves) Extra reading with sources cited

Summary of the Corals lecture from the Animal Biodiversity Module

Introduction to major clades within the echinoderms - sea urchins, brittle stars, sea lillies, sea stars. Also covers 6 major common features of the echinoderms in detail. Extra reading with sources cited.

Lecture covering 3 clades of winged insects: the evolution of wings, possible hypotheses behind the evolution of insect wings, differences and similarities between the 3 groups discussed. Extra reading with sources cited.

Lecture covering arthropod phylogeny, the fossil record, hypotheses surrounding the origin of the arthropods, molecular data - extra reading with sources cited

Introduction to insecta, phylogeny, main characteristics - extra reading with sources cited

Introduction to main characteristics of crustacea, phylogeny, main clades, extra reading with sources cited