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Louisiana Fossil Page - Short articles and pictures concerning the fossil animals and plants found within Louisiana.
Geobops Prehistoric USA- Louisiana - Fossils, paleontology, prehistory. From Geobopological Survey.
Oregon Coast Agate Hunting at Newport - Field trip advice for collecting agate and 15-20 million year old marine fossils.
Discover Bandon Oregon - Information about collecting plant, vertebrate, and invertebrate fossils on Bandon's beaches.
Oregon Fossil Guy - Educational and information-sharing site on Oregon plant and animal fossils, sites, collecting, prepping and trading.
Ore-Rock-On - Oregon collecting sites, maps and collecting information.
Friends of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History - Paleontology Society.
Oklahoma Geology and Paleontology - Discusses the geology and paleontology of the state with links to fossil collecting sites and tips and tricks for fossil hunting.
University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Ozark Paleontology - Ozark Paleontology at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
Pennsylvanian Fossils of Missouri - Images and information about the fauna of the Lake Neosho Member of the Altamont Formation (Desmoinesian Series, Mamaton Group) of St. Louis, Missouri.
Pioneer Trails Regional Museum - Specializes in paleontology, Native American history, and prairie history. The PTRM conducts field tours where you can dig for dinosaurs and other fossils in the badlands with the museum's paleontologists.
Paleontology in North Dakota - Site by vertebrate paleontologist Johnathon Campbell
The Vermont Whale - University of Vermont exhibit of the bones of a marine whale in the fields of rural Vermont.
Ditchweezil's Fossils - Photographs and descriptions from a personal collection of shark teeth and other fossils collected in South Carolina.
Dinosaur State Park - Dinosaur track site and geodesic dome featuring Triassic and Jurassic dioramas, interactive displays and special events.
Prehistoric Connecticut - Connecticut fossils, paleontology, and prehistory from Geobops Prehistoric USA.
Yale Peabody Museum: Invertebrate Paleontology - Overview of collection housed at the Peabody Museum in New Haven, which includes Early Paleozoic faunas from Maritime Canada and the Appalachians, Late Paleozoic faunas from the Mid-Continent of North America, and Mesozoic molluscs from the Western Interior of the United States.
Georgia Geology - Overview of the major geological provinces of Georgia. Includes descriptions of geologically interesting localities, with discussions of the fossils found at those localities.
Maine's State Fossil - Information about Pertica quadrifaria, a Devonian plant, and its adoption as the state fossil of Maine.
Dinosaur Tracks - Dinosaur Discoveries in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Fossils: Clues to the Past - Paleontology information from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Lands and Minerals Division.
Mississippi Petrified Forest - National Natural Landmark located in Flora, Mississippi. Site includes information about the park and some pictures of the fossils.
Paleobotany in Antarctica - Documents the collection of Permineralized Fossil Plants from Jurassic Sediments of the Transantarctic Mountains, Southern Victoria Land.
Augustana'a Antarctic Dinosaur
Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS) - Society has monthly meetings, organized activities, and field trips.
Paleontological Society - International organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of the science of paleontology through the dissemination of research by publication and meetings.
SEPM - Society for sedimentary geology.
American Association of Paleontological Suppliers - Professional association of commercial fossil and mineral collectors and preparators.
NSS Paleontology Section - National Speleological Society organization for cavers interested in paleontology.
The Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (ETE) - Formed by a group of professional researchers in paleontology to oversee all aspects of the ETE Database, a computerized database for research in evolutionary paleoecology.
The Paleobiological Fund - Paleobiological and paleontological research and education funding.
Paleontological Research Institute (PRI) - PRI's website includes a number of educational sections. The society publishes "American Paleontologist" and is located in Ithica, New York.
Willi Hennig Society - Society of cladisticians, publishes the journal "Cladistics"
American Malacological Society (Union) - An organization dedicated to the study and preservation of mollusks.
WSM - Western Society of Malacologists
The Malacological Society of London - Charitable organisation dedicated to the advancement of education and research on molluscs.
International Nannoplankton Association (INA) - Semi-formal association of scientists worldwide who have an interest in living or fossil nannoplankton - including coccolithophores, nannoliths, and other nannofossils such as silicoflagellates and calcispheres.
The Cushman Foundation - Founded for the purpose of publishing results of research on Foraminiferida and allied organisms.
North American Micropaleontology Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology - NAMS promotes all aspects of micropaleontology through application, research and education dealing with morphology, biostratigraphy, ecology/paleoecology, and geologic history of all groups of microfossils occurring in the stratigraphic record.
International Research Group on Ostracoda (IRGO) - An interdisciplinary, international organization of research scientists studying living and fossil Ostracoda.
The Pander Society - An international association of palaeontologists and stratigraphers with a common interest in the study of conodonts.
British Micropalaeontological Society - Organization of micropaleontology workers in the U.K.
Blomidon Naturalist's Society - Field naturalists club centered around the eastern Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia.
The Palaeontological Association (U.K.) - The interests of members of the Association encompass all aspects of palaeontology, including macropalaeontology, micropalaeontology, palaeobotany, vertebrate palaeontology, palaeoecology, and biostratigraphy.
Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciencies (PIN) - The University of California Museum of Paleontology has set up a long-term cooperative agreement with the Paleontological Institute, one which has resulted in several mutual visits, student exchanges and cooperative projects, and this website.
Riversleigh Society - Provides access to institutions, researchers, information, resources, information, ideas and latest news in palaeontology, palaeobotany, palynology and palaeogeography in Australia.
Associazione Pisana Scienze Naturali - Italian paleontological society.
The Grzybowski Foundation - An international scientific foundation that associates itself with the Geological Society of Poland, and promotes education and research in the field of micropalaeontology.
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology - Professional, international organization for VPs, publishes the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
United Kingdom Dinosaur Society - Public society which encourages education about dinosaurs, and supports the work of palaeontologists.
The Palaeontological Association - Professional organization for paleontologists (both vertebrate and invertebrate), publishes Palaeontology.
Southern California Paleontological Society - Amateur collectors group in the LA area.
Paleontological Society of Lee County (Florida) - Amateur collectors group in the Ft. Myers, Florida (US) area.
International Palaeontological Association - Professional organization promoting international cooperation in palaeo, publishes Lethaia.
Asociación Paleontológica Argentina - Professional organization for paleontologists, based in Argentina; publishes Ameghiniana.
Association of Australasian Palaeontologists - Professional organization for paleontologists based in Australia; publishes Alcheringa.
Paläontologische Gesellschaft - Professional organization for German-speaking paleontologists; publishes Paläontologische Zeitschrift.
Palaeontological Society of Japan - Professional organization for paleontologists based in Japan; publishes Paleontological Research.
Micropaleontology Web Links - A page of links from NAMS.
Micropaleontology Reference Centers - Ocean Drilling Project (ODP) microfossil collections.
The Biostratigraphy Group - Research group at the University of Western Australia. Site includes basic information about micropaleontology and biostratigraphy as well as an online exhibit of major Australian microfossil groups organized by age.
Palaeozoic Microvertebrates - Microvertebrate page from the University of Alberta
Diatoms - Introduction to diatoms from UCMP.
Diatom Paleolimnology - Indiana University resource for diatom researchers.
Diatom Center - California Academy of Sciences' diatom collections.
Eureka: Diatoms - A comprehensive site for aspects of diatom ecology, morphology, systematics, and paleobiology.
Dinoflagellates - Introduction to dinoflagellates from UCMP.
Dinoflagellates (University of Calgary) - Information on the biology and paleobiology of dinoflagellates, with links to other sites, and lovely SEM images of dinoflagellates.
Dinoflagellates Hub - Links to dinoflagellate research resources.
Dinoflagellate Cysts - Research from the perspective of environmental history and climate change. Includes an introduction to cysts, life history, and links.
Nigrini & Moore "Guide to Modern Radiolaria" (1979) - Description and figures of the most common Recent radiolarians
The Rad Page - Devoted to radiolarian paleontology. Available in French and English versions.
Foraminifera - Introduction to forams from UCMP.
Foraminifera Collections at the Smithsonian - Information about collections available at the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Paleobiology.
New Zealand Neogene - Summaries of current research by New Zealand foram workers. Includes abstracts of publications, bibliographies, lists of projects, and progress reports.
Catalogue of Orbitolinid Foraminifera - Database on Orbitolinidae (Early to early Late Cretaceous) including taxonomy, fossil localities and references.
Taphonomy - A brief introduction from Deciphering Earth History: A Laboratory Manual.
International Plant Taphonomy Meeting - Informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy. Site includes meeting information and abstracts.
Chemistry of Taphonomy - Explains how common substances in sedimentary environments lead to various states of preservation.
Comatulid Taphonomy - Introduction and references to the taphonomy of these reef dwelling marine invertebrates.
Experimental Taphonomy - Abstract of paper on the effect of shell size and shape on transport within the intertidal zone.
Taphonomy: Learning from the Dead - Description and syllabus of this field course in vertebrate and invertebrate taphonomy.
Taphos 2002 - Program of the 2002 International Conference on Taphonomy and Fossilization.
Death Is A Sure Bet, Fossilization Is A Long Shot - Paper on plant and invertebrate taphonomy by Aaron Spriggs.
Taphonomy and Preservation - Comprehensive tutorial on taphonomy and preservation from the State University of New York at Cortland.
Shelf and Slope Environmental Taphonomy Initiative - Research project to measure taphonomic rates in a range of continental shelf and slope environments of deposition.
Taphonomy: Insight into Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Evolution - Abstracts of taphonomy papers presented at the 2002 meeting of the Geological Society of America.
Taphonomy and the Mesozoic Marine Revolution - Abstract of Palaios paper on how preservation states of bivalves mask the importance of boring predators.
Plant Fossils and Their Preservation - Includes a section of conditions required for plant fossil preservation, the various levels of preservation, and types of fossils.
Preservation and Bias in the Fossil Record - Details the types of preservation and their related biases.
Taphonomy of the Rhynie Chert - University of Aberdeen presentation of the preservation of biota in Rhynie chert.
Faunal Taphonomy - Vertebrate taphonomy from an archaeological perspective.
Taphonomy and Diagenesis News - Concerned primarily with vertebrate taphonomy.
The Wealden Beds Of Southern Britain - Online version of a vertebrate taphonomy study.
Taphonomy.com - Contains an annotated bibliography of vertebrate taphonomy research as well as links to new references.
Hooper Museum - Introduction to vertebrate taphonomy.
Experimental Taphonomy - Detailed introduction to experimental taphonomy from the University of Bristol.
Dinosaur World - Magazine for dinosaur enthusiasts covering science, art, interviews.
Fossil News - Journal of Avocational Paleontology. Monthly printed and online magazine for collectors, amateur paleontologists, and fossil enthusiasts.
Dinosaur Illustrated Magazine - Online magazine about dinosaurs.
Australopithecus - Magazine of the Southern African Society of Amateur Palaeontologists.
Fossils and Fossil Collecting - A British magazine site for children and amateur geologists about fossils and fossil collecting. Includes regular profiles of British fossil collecting sites.
Paleozoica Magazine - Free amateur paleontology magazine featuring monthly portraits of dinosaur paleontologists.
Dino Press - A quarterly magazine of dinosaurs and extinct animals of past geological periods. Published in Japan, site in both English and Japanese.
Dino Land Gazette - Online newsletter devoted to late breaking news about dinosaurs and paleontology in general. E-mail newsletter available.
Meganeura - International palaeoentomological (fossil insect) newsletter.
The Polyglot Paleontologist - English translations of non-English paleontological literature
Dinosaur News - The free, international Dinosaur webzine offering dinosaur and paleontology-related news articles
Trilobite Tales - Monthly newsletter covering a variety of paleo subjects, published by Western Interior Paleontological Society.
Prehistoric Times - Magazine for collectors of dinosaur art and paraphernalia.
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs - Academic Press book website.
Pangea Paleolibrary - List of books for amateur paleontologists
The Fossil Record 2 - Near-complete listing of the diversity of life through time, compiled at the level of the family
Dino-Guide: The Saurian Source Book - Book containing listings of dinosaur goods and services.
Troodon Productions Inc. - Dinosaur story books for children.
Acta Paleontologica Polonica - Online version of Acta Paleontologica Polonica.
Palaeontographic Canadiana - Online version of Palaeontographic Canadiana.
Geology - Monthly publication of the Geological Society of America
Palaeontographia Italica - Online version of Palaeontographia Italica.
Ichnos - A journal of animal and plant traces
Quaternary Research - Online version of the journal Quaternary Research.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology - Online version of the journal.
Palaios - Online edition of the journal Palaios from SEPM.
Palaeontology - Online version of the journal Palaeontology.
PaleoBios - Online version of the publication PaleoBios.
Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal - Online version of Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal.
Revue de Paleobiologie - Online version of Revue de Paleobiologie.
Fossils and Strata - A Taylor and Francis scientific journal.
Lethaia - An international journal of palaeontology and stratigraphy from publisher Taylor and Francis.
Palaeontologia Africana - Publication of BPI Palaeontology (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Wits).
Paleontographica - Paleontographica is a scholarly journal publised in two series. Series A (Abt. A) is devoted to paleozoological papers while Series B (Abt. B) deals with papers on paleobotany. [German and English].
Journal of Paleontology - Publishes original articles and notes on the systematics of fossil organisms and the implications of systematics to all aspects of paleobiology and stratigraphic paleontology.
Paleobiology - The online version of the journal Paleobiology from the Paleontological Society.
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia - Online version of Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia.
Review of Paleobotany and Palynology - Online version of the Review of Paleobotany and Palynology.
Palaeontologia Electronica - Online journal of paleontology, perhaps representing the future of scientific publishing.
Marine Micropaleontology - Online version of the peer-reviewed journal.
Journal of Foraminiferal Research - Online version of the peer-reviewed journal.
Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time - Information about the patterns of extinction, both the major mass extinctions and some smaller, less well-known events.
The Late Devonian Mass Extinction - A professional technical paper discussing whether the Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) mass extinction was initiated by an extraterrestrial impact or an earth-bound event.
Mass Extinction - A mathematical model for mass extinction.
BBC Extinction Files - Broad, non-technical coverage of the whole field; a good introductory work. Includes mass extinctions, theories, the fossil record, FAQs, and a glossary.
Extinction - A number of extinction concepts are discussed and loosely defined, followed by a survey of some important extinction and "extinction-like" events, primarily from the Phanerozoic.
Phanerozoic Extinctions - Fully referenced BSc honours project on the History of Mass Extinctions with special reference to the proposed sixth extinction taking place at the present time.
Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time - Covers mass extinctions, minor ones, patterns or periodicity of extinctions, and a citations page.
101 Crazy Dinosaur Theories - Theories about dinosaur extinction
The Great Mystery - Information on current and past hypotheses on dinosaur extinctions from the University of California Paleontology Museum.
Dinosaur Extinction - Short summaries of some theories of dinosaur extinction.
Dinosaurs and Extintions - From the Classroom of the Future website. Includes an introduction to the major theories on the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
Dinosaur Volcano Greenhouse Extinction - The dinosaur extinction occurred during a Deccan Traps volcanism-induced greenhouse climate change. By Dewey McLean.
Blast from the Past - The National Museum of Natural History exhibit on a meteor that struck the Earth 65 million year ago.
The Chicxulub Impact - Information about a late Cretaceous impact event.
Arizona Sedimentary Project Image Gallery - A set of pictures of fossils organized by time interval.
UCMP Web Time Machine - A geologic timescale from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Tertiary Research Group - A London-based, specialist Geological Society, which brings together amateur and professional geologists with an interest in the Tertiary period worldwide
Eocene Fossils - These specimens are adjunct to a larger collection (15,500 pieces of rock on which are contained perhaps as many as 65,000 individual specimens), donated to and housed at the USNM-Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research - Quaternary paleoecology site from the University of Colorado, Boulder's Scott Elias
Quaternary Entomology Laboratory - A lab specializing in the analysis and application of Pleistocene and Holocene insect remains for paleoenvironmental analyses. Located in the Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University
Quaternary Beetle (Coleoptera) Research - From the research group at the University of Waterloo
Pliocene - A short background.
The Cenozoic Era - An overview of the era from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Age of Mammals - An overview of Cenozoic mammalian evolution.
The Mesozoic Era - Introduction to the common animals and plants of the Mesozoic. Also includes details about Mesozoic stratigraphy.
The Mesozoic Era - An overview of the era from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Triassic Period - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Predator in the Stone - Article on a rauisuchian fossil from North Carolina.
A Preliminary Biomechanical Analysis of Phytosaur Life Habits - A brief article, with photo of skeletal reconstruction, of this Triassic animal.
The Cretaceous Period - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Jurassic Period - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Paleozoic - An overview of the era from the Ordovician Period to the Permian, with maps and timelines.
The Paleozoic Era - An overview of the era from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Paleozoic Era - An illustrated geological timeline.
PaleoIndustrial - An introduction to the Paleozoic world, featuring original graphics and animations.
Cambrian - Pamela Gore's article about the Cambrian fossil record.
The Dawn of Animal Life - Exhibit about the first animals. Mostly Cambrian, some PreCambrian.
International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy - A virtual visit to the Cambrian world, details of stratigraphy, localities and life in the Cambrian.
The Cambrian Period - University of California Museum of Paleontology introduction to the Cambrian.
The Cambrian Explosion - Virtual museum exhibit about the Cambrian Explosion.
Cambrian Geography - Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time.
Biology's Big Bang - Information about the Cambrian explosion and the mysterious fossils that immediately preceded it.
Devonian Times - Educational site covering the early evolution of tetrapods by focusing on the Late Devonian Red Hill locality in Pennsylvania and its flora and fauna.
The Devonian - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
Devonian Geography - Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time.
The Red Hill Story - A description of this location, with maps showing its position on the Laurussian continent.
Age of Fishes Museum - A museum devoted to the Devonian fish fossils of Canowindra Australia.
Clinton County Geo Notes - A description of the Red Hill area in Pennsylvania, with a bibliography of scientific papers on the subject.
Lecanocrinus and Taxocrinus in the Czech Republic - Detailed description, with references, of 2 Devonian crinoids.
Class Sarcopterygii - A description of the lobe-finned fish which first appeared in the early Devonian and had mostly died out by the end of the period.
Palaeozoic Forests - A description of the colonization of the land by vascular plants and the formation of the first forests in the Devonian.
Dunkleosteus - An article about one of the most well known Devonian fish.
Sarcopterygii - A cladistic diagram, with extensive references to scientific papers on the subject.
The Ordovician - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
Ordovician Vertebrates and Agnathan Phylogeny - An abstract of a paper by Pierre-Yves Gagnier.
Ordovician Geography - Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time.
Wisconsin Fossils - Ordovician Trentonian fauna from the Galena and Maquoketa of West De Pere and Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ordovician Fossil Looking for Identifcation - Pictures of an large, unidentified fossil from the Ordovician of Ontario, Canada.
The Silurian - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
Silurian Geography - Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time.
Virtual Silurian Reef - A K-12 distance-learning project of the Geology Section of the Milwaukee Public Museum, based on their Silurian Reef exhibit.
Systematics of the Synapsida - Cladogram with links to pages on the Dinocephalids, Pelycosaurs, Dicynodonts, Cynodonts, Mammals and Gorgonopsids.
Fossil Reptiles of the South African Karoo - A very detailed and comprehensive look at the Permian/Triassic ecosystem of Africa, and of the mammal-like reptiles that inhabited it.
The Permian - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Russian Dinosaur Exposition - A gallery, with links to each animal, of Permian synapsids and therapsids. Some later period animals are also included.
Permian-Carboniferous Synapsids - Lecture notes from the Major Features of Vertebrate Evolution class at the University of Toronto, focusing on the Pelycosaurs.
Permian Marine Fossils - A gallery, with brief descriptions, of specimens from the Kaibab Formation in Arizona.
First Complete Gorgonopsid Skeleton Found - An article describing the discovery of this late Permian predator.
Permian Geography - Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time.
The Pelycosauria - An overview of this primitive synapsid class, with links to more detailed information.
Synapsid Classification and Autapomorphies - A cladistic description with annotated diagrams.
The Carboniferous - An overview of the period from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
Mississippian Geography - Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time.
Fossil Gallery - Images of mostly animal fossils from the period, with a few plants.
Pennsylvanian Geography - Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time.
Fossil Gallery - Images of fossil plants from the period.
Ediacara Hills - Australian PreCambrian fossils.
Ediacaran Fossils of Canada - An introduction (with a map and photos) to the Ediacaran fossils of Canada.
South Australian Museum - Home for many Ediacaran fossils
The Proterozoic Era - An overview of the era from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
AASP - Information on past and future American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists meetings.
CPC-X - The 10th annual Canadian Paleontology Conference will be held in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, August 18-20, 2000.
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology - Future meetings of the society.
British Micropalaeontological Society - Information on past and upcoming meetings and events.
International Palynological Congresses - Information about the conferences, which are held at intervals of four or five years.
NAPC 2001 - North American Paleontological Convention, June 26 - July 1, 2001 University of California, Berkeley.
Forams 2002 - International symposium on foraminifera to be held in Perth, Australia, February, 2002.
Paleontological Society Programs - Upcoming symposiums, meetings, and other events.
Dino Land Paleontologist Interviews - Interviews of several paleontologists from different fields: from dinosaurs to footprints to extinction.
Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette Bone Zone - Short profiles of paleontologists and paleontology authors.
Personalities in Paleontology - Short biographical profiles of the scientists who built and maintained the American Museum of Natural History fossil collections.
Directory of Paleontologists of the World - Searchable on-line database listing personal and professional information for paleontologists around the world.
Davis, O.K. - Quaternary paleoecology and paleoclimatology, University of Arizona.
Briskin, M. - Micropaleontology , paleooceanography, and paleoclimatology, University of Cincinnati
Lipps, J.H. - Micropaleontology, University of California-Berkeley.
Boomer, I. - Paleoenvironmental change using ostracods and foraminifera, University of Newcastle.
Patterson, T. - Foraminifera, Carleton University.
Gregory, J. - Foraminifera and Radiolaria, The Natural History Museum.
Head, M.J. - Quaternary palynology, University of Cambridge.
Puckett, T.M. - Ostracod biostratigraphy and paleoecology, University of Alabama.
Hallock Muller, P. - Reef foraminifera morphology and paleoecology, University of Southern Florida.
Park, L.E. - Ostracod paleobiology, University of Akron.
Langer, M. - Micropaleontology, University of Bonn.
Arens, N.C. - Paleobotany, University of California-Berkeley.
Marlow, M.G. - Palynology, Simon Fraser University.
Burnham, R.J. - Evolutionary paleobotany, University of Michigan.
Serbet. R. - Paleobotany, University of Kansas.
Rothwell, G.W. - Fossil and living land plant phylogeny and evolution, Ohio University.
Bambach, R.K. - Paleoecology, Virginia Tech (emeritus professor).
Bieler, R. - Gastropod evolution and systematics, the Field Museum.
Bennington, J B. - Paleobiology and paleoecology, Hofstra University.
Borghi, L. - Paleozoic marine invertebrate trace-fossils in Brazilian basins; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Flessa, K.W. - Invertebrate paleobiology, University of Arizona.
Cohen, A.S. - Paleobiology and paleolimnology, University of Arizona.
Datillo, Ben - Invertebrate paleontology, Weber State.
Kidwell, S.M. - Taphonomy, University of Chicago.
Foote, M. - Evolutionary paleobiology and morphometrics, University of Chicago.
Geary, D.H. - Paleobiology, University of Wisconsin.
Hickman, C.S. - Evolutionary paleobiology, University of California-Berkeley.
Kowalewski, M. - Invertebrate paleobiology, Virginia Tech.
Meyer, D.L. - Invertebrate paleobiology (especially echinoderms), University of Cincinnati.
Jablonski, D. - Evolutionary paleobiology, University of Chicago.
Labarbera, M.C. - Functional morphology, University of Chicago.
Lidgard, S. - Bryozoan evolution, the Field Museum.
Miller, A.I. - Evolutionary paleobiology and paleoecology, University of Cincinnati.
Messing, C.G. - Crinoid biology, paleobiology, and taphonomy, Nova Southeastern University.
Valentine, J.W. - Paleobiology, University of California-Berkeley.
Wagner, P.J. - Evolutionary paleobiology, the Field Museum.
Raup, D. - Evolutionary biology, University of Chicago (professor emeritus).
Sumrall, C.D. - Echinoderm paleobiology, Tulane University.
Hageman, S.J. - Bryozoan microevolutionary patterns and processes, Appalachian State University.
Kelley, P. H. - Molluscan paleobiology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Yacobucci, M.M. - Cephalopod paleobiology, Bowling Green State University.
Nowlan, G.S. - Lower paleozoic conodont biostratigraphy, Geological Survey of Canada.
Cook, A. - Palaeozoic gastropods, stromatoporoids, and reef systems, Queensland Museum, Brisbane Australia.
McRoberts, C.A. - Molluscan paleobiology, State University of New York at Cortland.
Morris, P.J. - Gastropod paleobiology, Athro, Limited.
Harries, P.J. - Mass extinction, paleoecology, invertebrate paleontology, University of South Florida.
Stanley, G. - Paleontology of modern and ancient reefs, University of Montana.
Stock, C.W. - Paleontology of stromatoporoids, University of Alabama.
Daley, G.M. - Paleoecology, University of Wisconsin.
Sheehan, P. - Paleozoic brachiopods, Milwaukee Public Museum.
Baumiller, T. - Evolutionary paleobiology, University of Michigan.
Poulton, T.P. - Molluscan paleobiology and biostratigraphy, Geological Survey of Canada.
Cotton, T. - Trilobite systematics and evolution, University of Bristol.
Gudo, M. - Invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
Hammer, Ø. - Invertebrate and computational paleontology, University of Oslo.
Plotnick, R.E. - Invertebrate paleobiology and paleobiomechanics, University of Illinois - Chicago.
Brett, C.E. - Invertebrate paleobiology, University of Cincinnati.
Collins, A.G. - Paleobiology, University of California-Berkeley.
Holland, S. - Paleontology and sequence stratigraphy, University of Georgia.
Mierzejewski, P. - Information on graptolite and organic microfossil research including abstracts, publications, and graptolite links.
Knoll, A. - Evolution of life, Harvard University.
Runnegar, B. - Paleobiology, particularly the Cambrian explosion, UCLA.
Smith, P.L. - Ammonite paleontology and biostratigraphy, University of British Columbia.
Stanford Presidential Lectures: Stephen Jay Gould - Includes biographical and bibliographical information, excerpts of various writings, reviews of Gould's books, links to off-site interviews with Gould, commentary on Gould and his work (both his writings and his theories in the field of paleontology), and links to further related resources on the 'net.
The Median Isn't the Message - The text of an essay by Gould on the subject of cancer and statistics, based on his affliction with--and subsequent recovery from--a rare form of cancer, with a brief introduction by Stephen Dunn.
Breaking Tradition With Darwin - Biographical essay by science writer James Gleick.
DannyReviews: Stephen Jay Gould - Book reviews by Danny Yee.
The New York Review of Books: Stephen Jay Gould - Links to reviews and articles published by Stephen Jay Gould in the New York Review of Books, plus a bibliography of Gould's books.
Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life - Druin Burch reviews the book in which Stephen J. Gould, purports to solve the clash between religion and science by pointing out that one is subject to faith and the other to testing. [Biomednet: HMS Beagle. Free registration required.]
Inventing Allies in the Sky - Kenan Malik reviews 'Rocks of Ages: science and religion in the fullness of life' by Stephen Jay Gould.
Stephen Jay Gould dies at 60 - Life of prominent evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould.
Stephen Jay Gould Archive, The - Offers essays, interviews, multimedia, and book reviews by Gould focusing on the two central themes of evolutionary theory and the philosophy and history of science.
The Beauty of Unpredictability - A short article written on the occasion of a visit and lecture by Stephen Jay Gould at McGill University, from the McGill Reporter.
Spinning Darwin - An interview with paleontologist and author Stephen Jay Gould conducted in 1996, at Online NewsHour. A RealAudio format version of the interview is also available at this website.
Stephen Jay Gould - An interview with Gould from Salonmagazine.com's archives.
Bolt, J. - Paleobiology and biogeography of Paleozoic reptiles and amphibians (Field Museum of Natural History).
Crompton, A.W. - Masticatory system in recent and fossil vertebrates (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University).
Grande, L. - Comparative osteology and ontogeny in fossil and living fishes (Field Museum of Natural History).
Delfino. M. - Amphibian and reptile paleobiology (Florence University, Italy).
Rieppel, O. - Marine Mesozoic reptile evolution and skeletal development (Field Museum of Natural History).
Smith, G.R. - Fish paleontology and geology (University of Michigan).
Busbey, A. - Crocodile paleobiology & functional morphology (Texas Christian University).
Cuny, G. - Microvertebrate paleontology (Geologisk Museum, Mahsakaram University, Thailand).
Meers, M. B. - Functional morphology, biomechanics and morphometrics of crocodylians and other amniotes (University of Tampa).
Gauthier, J. - Phylogeny and evolution of Saurians (Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural History).
Padian, K. - Origins of major vertebrate adaptations, flight (University of California, Berkeley).
Clark, J. M. - Collection and phylogenetics of Mesozoic tetrapods (George Washington University).
Wings, O. - Gastroliths, hardgrounds, and fossilization of bone (University of Bonn).
Harris, J. D. - Mesozoic reptiles (incl. dinosaurs), links to popular paleontology resources and journals (University of Pennsylvania).
Bruner, J. C. - Fossil and living fishes; tooth replacement in sharks (University of Alberta).
Shubin, N. - Paleobiology and the evolution of limb development (University of Chicago).
Brochu, C. A. - Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians and other Archosaurs (University of Iowa).
Ward, P. - Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction (University of Washington).
Bakker, R. T. - Dinosaur paleobiology (Wyoming Dinosaur Adventures, Casper, Wyoming; Interview).
Brusatte, S. - Dinosaur writer/enthusiast (Dino Land Website).
Horner, J. - Dinosaur paleobiology (Mus. of the Rockies, Montana St. Univ.).
Forster, C. - Dinosaur systematics, morphometrics, biogeography, and origins (State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook).
Hendrickson, S. - Freelance fossil hunter (Interview).
Lockley, M. - Vertebrate paleontology, trace fossils (i.e., footprints), (Univ. Colorado; Interview).
Padian, K. - Mesozoic vertebrate paleontology, incl. dinosaurs (Univ. California-Berkeley).
Ostrom, J. - Dinosaur paleontology, functional morphology, and stratigraphy (Yale Univ.).
Parrish, M. - Dinosaur paleontology, functional morphology, systematics, paleoecology (Northern Illinois Univ.).
Sheehan, P. - Geology, extinction of the dinosaurs (Milwaukee Public Museum; Interview).
Carrano, M. - Dinosaur systematics and biomechanics (State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook).
Dino Data Database: References - Database of dinosaur publications organized by the paleontologists who authored them.
Dodson, P. - Dinosaur paleobiology & faunal analysis (Univ. of Pennsylvania).
Hammer, W. - Vertebrate paleontology of Antarctic dinosaurs (Augustana College, Illinois).
Rowe, T. - Vertebrate paleontology and avian evolution (Univ. Texas, Austin).
Ruben, J. - Vertebrate paleobiology, particularly respiratory physiology (Oregon State Univ.).
Bonnan, Matthew F. - Sauropod dinosaur paleobiology, functional morphology (Western Illinois Univ.)
Mateus, O. - Research on the dinosaurs of Portugal (Museu da Lourinhã).
Weishampel, D. B. - Dinosaur paleobiology, plant-herbivore interactions, functional morphology, and paleontology (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine).
Sereno, P. - Dinosaur and bird evolution (Univ. Chicago).
Neil Shubin's Home Page - Mechanisms behind the origin of anatomical structures, evolution of fossil faunas (University of Chicago).
Currant, A. - Mammalian paleontology, cave excavation, and collections, (Natural History Museum [London]).
Barnosky, A.D. - Mammalian evolutionary paleobiology (University of California Museum of Paleontology).
Clemens, W.A. - Mammalian evolutionary paleobiology, ((University of California Museum of Paleontology).
Van Valen, L. - Mammal evolution (University of Chicago and Field Museum of Natural History).
Flynn, J. - Mammalian paleontology and paleomagnatism, (Field Museum of Natural History).
Wood, C.B. - Origin, definition, and evolution of early mammals (Providence College).
Hopson, J.A. - Synapsid evolution, morphology, and systematics (University of Chicago and Field Museum of Natural History).
Anemone, R. L. - Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene mammals (especially primates) from southwestern Wyoming (Western Michigan University).
Estevens, M. - Neogene marine mammals from Portugal and their paleoecology (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [Portugal]).
Holbrook, L. - Phylogeny and evolution of perissodactyls and other mammals (Rowan University, New Jersey)
O'Leary, M. - Evolution and systematics of mammals, vertebrate evolution in sub-Saharan Africa (State University of New York at Stony Brook).
Uhen, M.D. - Evolution of cetaceans (Cranbrook Institute of Science).
Ward, C. V. - Paleoanthropology, hominoid biomechanics, and Miocene radiation of apes (University of Missouri).
Beard, K. C. - Mammal paleontology and evolution, primates, phylogeny, paleobiogeography, and functional anatomy (Carnegie Museum of Natural History).
Rose, K. D. - Functional anatomy and evolution of Eocene mammals (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine).
Ruff, C. B. - Evolution of the hominid post-cranial skeleton, biomechanics, locomotion (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine).
Teaford, M. F. - Dental microwear, hominid paleontology and paleobiology (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine).
Richtsmeier, J. T. - Primate and hominid quantitative morphometrics, evolution of development, and the developmental basis of morphology (Pennsylvania State University).
Fleagle, J. - primate paleontology in South America and Africa (State University of New York, Stony Brook).
Grine, F. - Primate and hominid microwear and enamel structure (State University of New York, Stony Brook).
Jungers, W. - Evolution of the primate musculoskeletal system (State University of New York, Stony Brook).
Krause, D. - Evolutionary history and paleobiology of Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic vertebrates, particularly mammals (State University of New York, Stony Brook).
Susman, R. - Hominid evolution and comparative morphology (State University of New York, Stony Brook).
Hopson, J. - Vertebrate paleontology, particularly the evolutionary history of the Synapsida, morphology and systematic of non-mammalian synapsids (University of Chicago).
Ahlberg, P. E. - Fossil fish and early tetrapod evolution (Natural History Museum [London]).
Clack, J. - Early tetrapod evolution (Univ. Cambridge, Mus. of Zoology).
Sues, H-D. - Triassic and Early Jurassic tetrapod paleobiology, University of Toronto.
Warren, A. - Early tetrapod paleontology (La Trobe Univ., Melbourne).
Laurin, M. - The origin and phylogeny of tetrapods (Université Paris).
Uinta Paleontological Associates, Inc. - Paleontological research and consulting. Specializes in assessment of paleontological resources.
Paleo Books - Paleontology books, supplies, and memorabilia for sale.
White River Prep Labs - Fossil preparation and restoration services on a wide variety of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils. Prepared and unprepared Oligocene fossils for sale.
Detrich Fossil Company - Fossil collection and preparation company specializing in vertebrates from the Great Plains. Site contains many photographs of exhibits and information about excavations.
Extinctions Fossils - Extensive on-line fossil displays and catalogs.
Marc Behrendt Fossil Prep - Invertebrate fossil preparation. Also contains articles about fossil collecting, preparation, and preservation.
Prehistoric Animal Structures, Inc. - Specializes in mounting skeletons for exhibitions and museum displays.
Fossil Hunter Presentations - Presents Educational shows for grades 1 through 12 in New England on fossils and makes fossil jewelry for gifts.
Biostratigraphy - Service company offering biostratigraphy software and analyses.
Canada Fossils - Supplies and assembles authentic fossils from around the world, ranging from small collectors' items to fully mounted dinosaur skeletons.
Rocky Mountain Paleontology - Offers paleontologic resource assessment, management, and conservation.
Brian F. Smith and Associates - Cultural and paleontological resource consulting firm, specializing in compliance encompassing with local, state, and federal regulations regarding cultural and paleontological resources.
Fossil Prep Lab - Offers vertebrate fossil preparation. Includes examples of work.
Cathe's Prehistoric Cervidae Menu - Fossil tertiary and quarternary cervidae bones, teeth, jaws for sale or trade.
MyCore Scientific, Inc - Paleodating services specializing in the analysis and interpretation of sediment accumulation rates and the age of sediment stratigraphies using 210Pb analysis.
Pangea Ltd. - Manufacturer of storage slides for microfossils. Site describes their features.
Mother Natures - A diverse gallery blending the arts, science, and natural history for an alternative and eclectic mix.
Ants - Engaging Natural History - Museum replicas and educational models.
Bone Clones - Resin replicas of animal skulls.
Laboratoria Naturalistico Friulana - Reconstruction at natural size of existing and extinct animals. Company located in Italy.
Fossilsmith Studios - Paleosculptors of dinosaur models created from fossil dinosaur and pterosaur casts and illustrations.
Bay State Replicas - A wide variety of museum quality fossil replicas for sale.
David Krentz Presentz Dinosaur Sculptures - Model kits, bronzes and figurines of dinosaurs and other preshistoric animals.
PaleoClones - Fine quality reproduction fossils of dinosaurs and other fossils.
Modelspecimens.com - Provides models and detailed replicas of fossil and archaeological specimens.
Skullduggery - Offers fossils, fossil replicas, skulls and related science education materials.
American Theropod, Inc. - Offers resin and bronze sculptures of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
Paleontology Art - Pterosaurs and dinosaur ceramic reconstructions.
Pawpawsaurus Skull Replicas - Information on an authentic cast replica.
Krakatoa - Offers a wall-mounted replica skull of T. rex.
Paleoimages - Offers museum-quality fossil replicas.
Research Casting International - Company specializing in molding and casting recent and fossilized bone. Other services include preparation and conservation, mounting cast or real skeletons and paleontological reconstruction.
Murray Engineering - Pneumatic fossil preparation tools and equipment. Patented modifications for pneumatic airscribse. Home of the Murray Mini-Jack, mother of all airscribes. Paleontology tools designed by a paleontologist.
Ken Mannion - New and used fossil preparation equipment and supplies.
Mother Natures - This is a diverse gallery blending the arts, science, and natural history for an alternative and eclectic mix.
Lorena Babcock Moore - Fossil and mineral paintings for sale
RASC and CASC - Probabilistic biostratigraphy software for calculating zonations with variance analysis and normality tests and interactively calculating well to well correlations with error analysis.
Bug Ware, Inc. - Biostratigraphy consulting and database management software.
Paleobiology Software Archive - Software and source code useful to paleobiology and related fields of study.
PazSoftware - Macintosh software applications for geology, biostratigraphy and paleontology.
Paleonet - Internet resources from the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Fossil Sites on Worldnet - Paleontology resources, with extensive regional links.
Nearactica - Paleontology links for a variety of paleontological and geological subjects.
Paleo Pages - Links database dedicated to palaeontology.
Jack Mount's Paleontology Resources - A wide variety of fossil sites.
Fossil Collections of the World - Links to fossil and geology internet resources.
Bosco's RockPile - A site for sharing dinosaur, paleontology, geology, rock and mineral pictures, sites and information.
Suite 101 - Links to paleontology sites and articles.
Kuban's K-Paleo Place - An extensive and link-packed website dealing with fossil, dinosaurs, and all aspects of paleontology.
The Palaeo-Portal - Past, Present, Future - Paleontology portal from R. Leinfelder of Paleontology Munich and Palaeontologische Gesellschaft. Links to all kind of geobiological resources [German and English].
UCMP Subway - University of California Museum of Paleontology's extensive collection of links to natural history, educational, and paleontology resources.
PaleoBank - A relational database for fossils being built at the University of Kansas.
Brachiopods - Smithsonian brachiopod database.
Fossil Record 2 - Family level searchable database of fossil organisms. Create your own diversity plots of different groups.
Internet Biodiversity Service - Information about biological systematics, ecology and evolution.
BUGS - A database of British Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta), including information on habitat, distribution, and fossil occurrence, along with their bibliographic references. Database available for download in Microsoft Access format.
Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America - Online biotic database containing images and data for taxa used in analyses of Tropical American biodiversity over the past 25 million years.
NCEAS Paleobiology Database - A global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for marine and terrestrial animals and plants of any geological age, as well as web-based software for statistical analysis of the data.
PaleoBase On-Line - Databases intended to provide authoritative references for common and stratigraphically important invertebrate macrofossils.
Goniat - Paleozoic ammonoid database system, Tübingen University, Germany.
Austrofossil - Searchable database on fossils from Austria.
Trace Fossil Image Database - Pictures of ichofossils from Anthony Martin at Emory.
North American Mammalian Paleofaunal Database - Very comprehensive database on all fossil North American mammal localities and faunas. Link to systematics database with systematic, phylogenetic and body mass data of mammals.
Dinobase - Dinosaur database with comprehensive taxonomic listing, phylogentic information and impressive pictures.
Faunmap - Electronic database for the late Quaternary distribution of mammal species in the United States. Illinois State Museum.
Tetrapods - Fossil tetrapod families
Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates - Indexed published literature of vertebrate paleontology, 1509 - 1993 (database).
UCMP Vertebrate Type Catalog and Collection Information - Information about type specimens and other holdings of the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Yale Peabody Museum: Vertebrate Paleontology - Information about the museum's vetebrate paleontology holdings with searchable database.
Bryozoan Published Papers - Bryozoan references from 1994 to 1999 (around 1000 in total)
Coral and Coral Reef References - 4000 references on modern reefs and reef corals
Brachiopod References - Download comprehensive brachiopod reference collection (more than 24,000 references)
Mesozoic Fish References - Some 200 references on Mesozoic fishes (1992-now)
Catalogue of Palaeontological Types in Austrian Collections - Database that includes types as well as figured specimens and reference material kept in Austrian institutions. It contains now about 42,000 animal and plant fossils.
International Palaeontological Association Fossil Collections of the World - Indexed, searchable online database listing information about fossil collections around the world.
Texas Memorial Museum - Non-Vertebrate Paleontology - Descriptions of collections and exhibits. Includes many pictures of fossils, Virtual exhibits, links to other paleo sites, biographies of paleontologists contributing to the collection, and current curatorial issues.
Paleontological Collection Catalogs - Paleontological Collection Catalogs and related resources from the University of California-Berkely Museum of Paleontology.
Florida Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate paleontology type collection database.
Yale Peabody Museum - Invertebrate paleontology online collections catalog, stratigraphic inventory, and image gallery.
Systematic Malacology - List of recent and fossil mollusca systematic research collections. Maintained by the Illinois Natural History Survey.
UCMP Fossil Collections - Includes an online catalog of fossil specimens and documents as well as a data model for collection management from the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Precambrian Fossils - Possible Precambrian trace fossils collected in the Van Horn region of Texas.
Ichnology - Anthony J. Martin's extensive and comprehensive website about plant and animal trace fossils. Includes information on all aspects of studying traces fossils, the Ichnology Newsletter, Trace Fossil Image Database, a trace fossil bibliography, and links to related websites.
Trace Fossils of the Ancient Karoo - Ichnology of the Permian therapsids of South Africa.
Virtual Ichnology - Computer model of trace fossil development through time. Part of the Computational Paleontology website.
Brule Fossil Trackways - Permian aged vertebrate trackway
Ichnology Research Group - A multidisciplinary team of graduate and postgraduate researchers at the University of Alberta led by Professor S. George Pemberton working on trace fossil problems.
3D Animation - Image gallery of reconstruction drawings and three dimensional renderings of prehistoric animals.
All Dinosaurs - Collection of free dinosaur and other prehistoric animal pictures, clip art, wallpaper and electronic greeting cards.
Earth History Resources - Images designed for use in the development of either an internet or interactive multimedia project related to earth history.
Paleoartisans Homepage - Links to paleontology sites, information about paleontology, and scientifically accurate dinosaur t-shirts
Conrad, Jack - Vertebrate fossil pages by a devoted dinosaur artist.
Brusatte, Chris - Pencil and ink portraits of dinosaurs and Ice Age animals.
Brusatte, Steve - Hundreds of dinosaur and fossil photographs and a section devoted to 'abstract dinosaur art.'
Rey, Luis - Award winning colorful dinosaur art from Great Britain.
DeNota, Frank - Stunning computer graphics and dinosaur art.
Clark, Rachel - Dinosaur and bird art by a devoted fantasy fan.
Rafert, John - Site devoted to dinosaur modeling, with reviews and photos of several models.
Johnson, Shane - Computer graphics by a lifelong dinosaur fan.
Lost Worlds - The Paleolife Art of Brian Franczak - Paleolife illustrator Brian Franczak cordially invites you to join him on a journey to the distant past, when dinosaurs still walked the earth.
Mineo, Shiraishi - The Jurassic Gallery of a Japanese dinosaur artist.
Keesey, T. Michael - Stunning computer animation and dinosaur graphics.
Capach, Katherine - Dinosaur and paleontology art in pencil and ink.
Grillo, Orlando - Realistic dinosaur sculptures and art by a Brazilian paleontology student.
Marshall, Todd - Dinosaur art specializing in specimens from several different continents.
Moravec, Josef - Dinosaur gallery of Josef Moravec's oil paintings showing prehistoric animals.
Teichman, George Rinaldino - Images of fossil and Ice Age mammals. Scientific illustrations for museums, publication and studies.
Knight, Charles R. - From the Dino Land site, featuring photos of Knight's famous Field Museum murals.
Penney, Rich - The dinosaur art of Rich Penney, the lead artist on the Parasaurolophus sound project for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.
Van Howd, Douglas - Life size bronze sculptures, including those on display at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.
Stout, William - A variety of colorful dinosaur pictures drawn by an acclaimed artist and author.
Gurche, John - Photographs of his new Sue mural at the Field Museum in Chicago.
Cooley, Brian - Photographs of his Sue skull reproductions on display at Chicago's Field Museum.
Synk, Lucy - Photographs of her Tyrannosaurus, Lambeosaurus, Dromaeosaurus, and woolly mammoth art on display at the Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois.
Taylor, Kelly - The Dynasties of Stone site, from an internet artist.
Rusher, Michael - Unique dinosaur habitat dioramas and lifelike sculptures.
Gurney, James - Official site for Dinotopia, the book series in which a peaceful prehistoric world is discovered.
LoRusso, Dan - Dinosaur sculptures and illustrations.
Walters, Robert - A complete dinosaur art studio providing some of the most scientifically accurate dinosaur illustration and dinosaur sculpture available.
Von Sholly, Pete - Illustration site from one of the artists for the new Disney movie Dinosaur!.
McGrady, Charlie - Realistic dinosaur sculptures, both life-size and scale models in resin and bronze, for museums and private collectors.
Tucciarone, Joe - Award winning dinosaur art, including dramatic reconstructions of the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Krzic, Beri - Free amateur paleontology magazine, including the award winning artworks of Slovenian artist Berislav Krzic.
Atuchin, Andrey - Dinosaur artwork gallery.
Kirby, Jack - Information on the artist's comic series: Devil Dinosaur.
Debus, Allen - Dinosaur and mammal sculptor and author of a how to book on dinosaur sculpting.
Richard, M. - Interesting collection of dinosaur art of several mediums, including sculpture and graphics.
Henderson, Douglas - The works of artist Douglas Henderson, an illustrator of scientific reconstructions of earth history.
Naumick, Dennis Michael - Original artwork featuring illustrations of dinosaurs and other ancient life forms in their natural habitats.
Raithel, Bob - How to tips from an experienced dinosaur kit modeler.
Williams, Gary - Dinosaur World magazine, a dinosaur research, interview, and art magazine published in Canada and Illinois.
Carr, Karen - Art from an international wildlife and dinosaur painter.
Headden, Jaime - Numerous dinosaur artworks from a young and upcoming Idaho artist.
Pedersen, Jason - Dinosaur art and a section devoted to a 'featured artist.'
Marisa, Alessandro - From the Dinosauricon website, featuring dinosaur skeletal drawings from an Italian artist/paleontologist.
Garner, Truett - From the Dinosauricon website, featuring several reconstructions of theropod dinosaurs, including Oviraptor.
Srnka, Christopher - From the Dinosauricon website, featuring Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor art by an artist recently featured in an exclusive German magazine.
Choo, Brian - From the Dinosauricon website, focusing on an artist who specializes in drawing the recently discovered feathered dinosaurs of China.
Burgess, Jerry - Interesting dinosaur and science art by an Arizona fossil hound.
Bush, G. Arthur - Striking lifelike dinosaur illustrations and art prints.
Barnett, Samuel - Tyrannosaurus rex art, including pictures of a recently discovered juvenile, from a British artist.
Mayhew, Paul - Utahraptor picture, based on the book 'Raptor Red.'
Araki, Kazunari - Dinosaur sculpture and art from a Kyoto, Japan artist.
Hammond, Richard - Reconstruction models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, detailing the reconstruction process and the result.
Anthony, Todd - A dinosaur t-shirt art company, established by a t-shirt artist for the film Jurassic Park.
Linder, Staffan - Dinosaur and animal model kits from a Sweden-based company.
Rymill, Gavin - Dinosaur art of some of the lesser known dinosaurs, including Gastonia, Kentrosaurus, and Utahraptor.
Agnew, John - Dinosaur and reptile art by John Agnew, the cover artist for the popular book the Dinosauria.
Mallon, Jordan - A variety of dinosaur drawings by a gifted Canadian teenager.
Parker, Charley - A series of dinosaur cartoons drawn by the creator of the comic Zark!
Sammons Cox, Sharron - Sammons Studios offers paleo-life art and life-like build-up of scale models. Original dinosaur and other paleo-life art on t-shirts and posters.
Trcic, Michael - The sculptor of the T-Rex used in the "Jurassic Park" movies and the IMAX feature "T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous", offers dinosaur sculptures in bronze and model kits.
Booth, Brett - Dinosaur and comic book art.
Dinosaur Illustration - Art by Pete Von Sholly.
Padron, Øyvind M. - Dinosaur and fossil art from a young dinosaur cladist.
Varner, Dan - A visual tour of recreations of Mesozoic marine reptiles by renowned paleo-life artist Dan Varner.
McVey, Tony - Focusing on dinosaur and fantasy sculpture, including a beautiful Tyrannosaurus piece.
Mikesell, Nick - Pencil and pen dinosaur art, including the odd Suchomimus, from a young artist.
Page, Barbara - An interview with Barbara Page, painter of "Rock of Ages, Sands of Time" a 544-panel installation at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY.
Miller, James - A spin off of Jurassic Park, art style.
Padron, Øyvind M. - Dinosaur artwork representing mostly new theories and species.
Groves, Alan - A gallery of life-size dinosaur sculptures and fantasy creatures.
Granger, Marcel - Information and photos from the stamp series "Prehistoric Life in Canada".
McCafferty, Janice - Turtle Path Studios. Featuring detailed paintings of natural history and equine subjects in watercolor and colored pencil.
Adams, Claire - Contains images of predominantly of fossil material and a some wildlife art.
Fredericks, Mike - The Prehistoric Times magazine, a dinosaur and fossil art, modeling, and research magazine published in California.
Fucci, Diana - Dinosaur skeletal reconstructions by a French dinosaur maven.
Hanna, Richard - Art site devoted to pterosaurs and early fossil birds, including Archaeopteryx.
Burgess, Stacey - Features descriptions of Mesozoic fauna (dinosaurs and pterosaurs) and original artwork, including drawings, sculptures and mixed media.
Smith, Adam Stuart - A gallery of dinosaur artwork.
Caldwell, Kent - Dinosaur illustrations created primarily with Corel Draw. Part of the Allo-Source website.
Dinosaur Desktop Pictures - Desktop computer pictures of dinosaurs, fossils, sharkteeth, and other prehistoric items.
Dinosaur Stamps - Dedicated to dinosaurs and dinosaur art on postage stamps. Includes an interactive timeline and images of international stamps.
Kinetosaurs - Online exhibit about dinosaurs and kinetic sculptures called kinetosaurs.
The Dinosauricon - Hundreds of dinosaur images by paleontology artists.
M. Richard Associates' Dinosaur Project - Computer generated dinosaur animations and pictures. Streaming multimendia in Quicktime 4 format. Information on some of the more common dinosaurs.
DInosaurs at Prehistorics Illustrated - Artists illustrations showing prehistoric life. Also includes extensive links to related resources.
Dinosaur Illustration - Links to the original image and image providers for many dinosaur taxa.
Dinosaur Art Webring - A small ring of sites featuring a variety of dinosaur-inspired artwork.
Minstelae's World - Online gallery of realistic and fanstasy dinosaur artwork and writing.
Angellis - Images and information about dinosaur genera as well as some non-dinosaur vertebrate taxa.
Vertebrate Notes - Relationships, anatomical descriptions, essays and web links for living and extinct vertebrate groups.
Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ - A large, but by no means complete, list of transitional fossils that are known.
Palaeozoic Microvertebrates - Microvertebrate page from the University of Alberta
PrehistoricPlanet.com - Commercial e-zine, this site includes breaking news and interviews with paleontologists.
CMNH - Vertebrate Paleontology - Carnegie Museum of Natural History's Section of Vertebrate Paleontology presents current research & news.
U. Texas - Vertebrate Paleontology Lab - Research and collections info from the VP lab of the Texas Memorial Museum (UT, Austin).
Paleoneurology - The study of brain casts of extinct vertebrates.
Extinct Animal - Learn about prehistoric, recently extinct, and endangered species of vertebrates.
SuperCroc - Information, interactive games, and movie clips on the crocodile Sarchosuchus imperator.
Australia's Lost Kingdoms - Exhibit from the Australian Museum covering Australia's fossil history from 110 million years ago.
Ordovician Conodonts - Conodont collection of James Davison. Also contains information about conodont research.
Hidden World of the Conodonta - Senior project with basic introduction to conodonts.
Translation and Pronunciation Guide - Pterosauria pronunciation guide from Dinosauria.com.
Pterosaurs in Texas - The UnNaural Museum exhibit
Ravin' Ray's Pterosaur FAQs - General QandA about pterosaurs, plus links to other pterosaur resources.
Mesozoic Mammals Showcase - Oslo University - Paleontological Museum - Description of major mesozoic mammal groups: early mammals, triconodonts and multituberculates.
Utah's Ice Age Animals - Ice Age Animals from the Utah Geological Survey
The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago - Online exhibit by the Illinois State Museum depicting the mammals and other animals which lived in the Midwestern U.S. during late Pleistocene times.
The Fossil Mammal Hall - A summary of the diversity of fossil mammals with the objective in mind to convey information on fundamental aspects of mammalian paleontology.
Paleocene mammals of the world - Fossil Mammals of the Paleocene epoch.
Riversleigh Fossils Centre - Describes the wealth of fossil marsupials and other vertebrates which have been discovered in the rocks at Riversleigh station in far northern Queensland, Australia.
Adaptation - Mammoths To Man - Educational packet of information from the Utah Education Network.
In the field with Jaelyn Elberle - Collecting fossil mammals from the Early Paleocene Denver Formation, in Colorado, USA.
Roots of the Mammalian Family Tree - Discovery of the skeleton of Jeholodens by Dr. Ji Qiang of the National Museum of China and Dr. Luo's comparative studies have offered new insight into the lives of these early Cretaceous mammals from the Liaoning Formation of China.
Mammal Paleontology - Main research interests in the past have been carnivores, esp. mustelids, cervids, island faunas and the Pleistocene in general. Research of Dr Gerard F. Willemsen
BBC - Beasts - Your gateway to Walking with Beasts ? includes TV evidence and making of, beast fact files, fun sections and educational resources.
Mammal Jaw - Australian Cretaceous mammal discovery at Inverloch A Tribosphenic mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia
Reconstruction of the petrosal in Late Cretaceous multituberculates (Mammalia) - First European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, Geological Museum, Copenhagen University, 1st-4th May 1996
Mammaliaformes- phylogenetic tree - This is Mikko Haaramo's private archive of various phylogenetic trees, starting at Mammaliaformes.
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park - Describes a 10 million year old volcanic ash deposit in Nebraska which contains the remains of rhinos, camels, horses and other mammals which once lived in the area.
Sloth World - Online bibliography of sloth research articles. Also includes a discussion of sloths and the people who study them.
NMNH Virtual Tour - Fossil Mammals - Fossil Mammal Exhibits at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C., USA
Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze - Fossil Mammal Exhibits at the Natural History Museum of Florence. Florence, Italy. English and Italian. Apple QuickTime movies.
Tree of Life Project: Mammalia - Hierarchial Phylogeny of Mammals both living and extinct. JAVA applets. Searchable.
North American Fossil Mammal Systematics Database - Consists of phylogenies, taxonomic histories, age-ranges, and body mass estimates for genera and species of Cretaceous and Cenozoic North American fossil mammals. By John Alroy
Faunmap - An electronic database for the late Quaternary distribution of mammal species in the United States.
The Quest for Thylacoleo - A field research programme intended to discover if Thylacoleo carnifex, an Australian marsupial predator from Pleistocene times, may still be extant.
Steve Wroe's Homepage - Contains up to date information on various aspects of marsupial carnivore evolution and palaeontology via popular and technical articles available for download in PDF format.
The Thylacine Museum - An online museum devoted to furthering public knowledge and interest in the thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial of Australia.
The Thylacoleo Remembrance - A web site which details the discovery and natural history of Thylacoleo, an Australian marsupial of the Pleistocene Epoch. Includes detailed information and many good photographs of thylacoleonid fossils.
Ischyromys Morphometrics - Project in which 127 measurements were made on over 5,000 fossil dentaries of an Eocene-Oligocene rodent.
Dire Wolf - Tells the story of the first example of a dire wolf fossil to be found.
Extinct Felines - Information about extinct cat genera from the Lion's Kingdom.
Ojai VAlley Whale Society - A fisherman in Ojai, California recently found a 25 million year old intact baleen whale skeleton. Website describes efforts to exhume the skeleton in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Museum.
Primitive Eocene Whales - Basilosaurus (Louisiana's state fossil) and other primitive extinct whales.
Leptomeryx Morphometrics - Summary of a post-doctoral project that measured various features of the North American artiodactyl.
Fossil Record of the Chiroptera - The UMCP webpage on fossil bats
Late Cenozoic Evolution of North American Bats - Grant to study the fossil record of bats.
Raising the Mammoth - An expedition to raise an intact mammoth from the Siberian permafrost, with detailed material on the century-old search for mammoths. From the Discovery Channel.
Amebelodon - The Shovel-tusker: Account of a new discovery.
Calvin College Mastodon Resource - Mastodon resource containing a growing number of journal articles and links. Also features photographic inventory and journal of Calvin College's current mastodon excavation in Grand Rapids, MI.
Louisiana Mastodons - General information about mastodons with a focus on those found in the state of Louisiana.
The Mammoth Saga - Ice Age fossil mammals in Sweden
The Mammoth Story - Short article on mammoths and mastodons from Discover Magazine.
Mammuthus: The Migration Will Begin - Information about mammoth paleobiology, fossils, and extinction.
The UnMuseum - Mammoth and mastodon exhibit.
Fossil Horse Cybermuseum - A gallery of fossil horses and information about the history of the horse.
The Coelacanth, Living Fossil - Information, history and pictures of the coelacanth
Devonian Times - An educational site covering the early evolution of tetrapods by focusing on the flora and fauna of the Late Devonian Red Hill locality in Pennsylvania.
Mesozoic Fishes - Devoted to fossil fishes from the Mesozoic Era, and to the researchers around the world who study them.
High Country, BC (Rocks, Minerals, Fossils) - Photos of a new fossilized salmon find
Coelacanth Hub - Links to a variety of coelacanth related information and resources.
Haaientand - Shark teeth & other beach-fossils from Belgium & the Netherlands.
Elasmo - Provides information on the extinct and extant elasmobranch teeth
Ditchweezil's Fossils - Photographs and descriptions from a personal collection of shark teeth and other fossils collected in South Carolina.
Sharks of the Cenozoic - Fossil shark phylogeny research from Hideo Yabe at Niigata University, Japan. Site in both Japanese and English.
Tim Merritt's Fossils - Fossil shark teeth collected by Tim Merritt
Ancient Sharks - A detailed look at the evolutionary history of sharks and Shark-like fishes from the Shark Attacks website.
Shark and Ray Teeth Exchange Zone - Site for collectors to trade fossil teeth and other fossils.
Plesiosaur Paleontology - Work being done on this site in Grant County, South Dakota from a paleontological standpoint.
Reptiles of the Ancient Seas - From the Museum of UnNatural History
Ichthyosaur with Skin - Ichthyosaurs and other marine reptiles are sometimes mistakenly called dinosaurs. This rare example shows the skin as a thin organic layer preserving the ouline of the body in a specimen at the Hunterian Museum.
M.J. Everhart's Marine Reptile References. - An alphabetical listing by author of published papers about ichthyosaurs, marine turtles, mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.
New Zealand's Ancient Marine Reptiles - Information about prehistoric marine reptiles of New Zealand, where, whom, when and what was found. Paleogeographic information, where in New Zealand to see fossil material displayed, suggested reading material and links to other related websites.
The Plesiosaur Site - This site is intended to give serious and detailed information on the Order Plesiosauria, to provide a forum for discussion and for the presentation of ideas no matter how wild and fanciful on the palaeontology, taxonomy, biomechanics, biology and ecological role of members of the order.
Oceans of Kansas Paleontology - Late Cretaceous marine fossils from the Western Interior Seaway. More than 50 pages of information on mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and other fossils found in Kansas and the Midwest.
The Ichthyosaur Page - While dinosaurs ruled the land, the ichthyosaurs shared the seas of the world with the other great groups of large marine reptiles, the plesiosaurs and mosasaurs.
Mosasaurs in Arkansas - During the late Cretaceous, half of Arkansas was submerged under a shallow ocean called the Western Interior Seaway. Mosasaurs and other strange creatures lived in this ocean. When they died, sometimes their bones were preserved as fossils.
Mosasaur and Plesiosaur Pronunciation Guide - Having trouble pronouncing those long names? Want to know what they mean or who named them? Ben Creisler has compiled an excellent listing of the names and their origins.
Ravin' Ray's Plesiosaur FAQs - "Frequently Asked Questions": A general QandA about plesiosaurs, plus links to other plesiosaur resources.
Marine reptiles: Palaeontological Museum, University of Oslo, Norway - A collection of photographs of marine reptile specimens at various European museums
Gaia - Marine Reptiles - Lots of information about the various groups of marine reptiles.
Marine Reptiles - Links to other marine reptile sites by Richard Cowen.
Plesiosaurs - The Adams Museum's plesiosaur represents an evolutionary link between the giant-headed pliosaurs of the Jurassic and more advanced short-necked polycotylids of the Cretaceous. It is the only known plesiosaur which has this combination of features, and is thus truly one of a kind.
Fossil Preparation Lab SUNY Brockport - Watch the preparation of a fossil icthyosaur found in Wyoming in 1998. Click on "Current Projects"
Plesiosaur Directory - Introduction to the group including taxonomy, reconstructions, and original artwork.
Marine Reptiles of South Dakota - Overview of Mesozoic marine reptiles, illustrations, descriptions of specific types, and a glossary.
The Tragedy of the Dodo (1598-1681) - Learn about the extinct dodo bird of Mauritius, with easy to read information and pictures.
Tombtown's Tribute to the Dodo - A fine tribute to Raphus cucullatus.
Dodo Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - This document contains answers to frequently asked questions about the extinct Mauritian dodo bird.
Dodo WEB - Features pictures and cartoon of dodos, as well as general educational information. Covers 3 species: Mauricio´s dodo, Raphus cucullatus; Reunion´s dodo, Raphus solitarius; and Rodriguez´s dodo; Pezophaps solitaris.
All Dodo - Extensive information about the dodo, its life history, extinction, and efforts to preserve its DNA, as well as a shop for dodo-related merchandise.
Museum of Natural History Exhibit - The Dodo - Online museum exhibit of the dodo.
Raphus cucullatus (Dodo Bird) - Describes the biology, geographic occurrence, and economic importance of this extinct bird.
Raphus Cucullatus (Dodo) Data - Description and references on the Dodo as well as other extinct species of the region from The Mauritius Encyclopedia.
Birds of Mauritius - Dodos - Extensive information about Dodo history and physiology.
Tate Museum Exhibits - Paleontology exhibits including dinosaurs and fossil mammals
Fossil Vertebrates in the Burke Museum - Fossil Vertebrates in the Burke Museum