A - Learning Outcome 4
This year my class allowed a group of students the chance to travel to Seymour Texas to study and work on the field of paleontology. During this trip we had bonding time as a team of junior paleontologists, as well as plenty of time and opportunities to study the time period we were digging into (the Permian Era) and the rock formations during the time. As a group we started our dig at the Craddock Ranch, a hot spot for finding Dimetrodon fossils. Dimetrodons were the apex predator during the Permian Era and we were able to learn a lot about them, including the fact that they are not dinosaurs but rather pre-mammalian synapsids and they were carnivores with large fins on their back, hypothetically to ward off competitors. This trip was also very informative geology-wise, as we did research before hand to learn about the place we would be working at and what sorts of rocks and other flora we would be immersed in. We stayed on a ranch that provided a lovely safe haven for the ...