Course Contents:
Introduction to the physical properties of fossils, the influence of preservation conditions on physical parameters, material, and methods, sampling techniques, section measurement, labeling and storing, principles of stratigraphic and hronological sampling, cataloging and shelving, faunal preservation techniques, casting, and molding, preparation of thin sections, extraction of microfauna, treating planktons, construction of fossil range distribution charts i.e., Analyzing fossil distribution patterns in time and space, range and biostratigraphic chart.
Books Recommended

• Methods in Paleontology by Camp, C. L., & Hanna, G. D. (1937). Univ of California Press.
• The Practical Paleontologist by Parker, S., & Bernor, R. L. (1990).
• Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology by Stafford, E. (2006). By Paul Goldberg and Richard I. Macphail.
• Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record by Benton, M. J., & Harper, D. A. (2020). John Wiley & Sons.