Jun 17, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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ANTH 471 - Vertebrate Osteology

4 Credit Hours
This intensive laboratory course focuses on the examination and comparison of skeletons of major vertebrate groups in North America, including mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, and amphibians. Focusing on local fauna from the comparative osteological collections in the Anthropology labs, students will learn to identify characteristics of major families of taxa, as well as learning to identify various local species, with emphasis on identifying skeletal remains from archaeological, paleontological, and forensic contexts.

(RE) Prerequisite(s): ANTH 306  or ANTH 464  or ANTH 480 



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