Life

KEYWORDS: biostratigraphy; fossil; palaeobiology; palaeontology; vertebrate evolution

List of Contents
Life Sciences Life Science Education Molecular and Cell Biology Genetics and Development Organisms Ecology Neurosciences Cognitive Science Psychology History of Life Origin of Life Evolution and Phylogeny Palaeobiology Dinosaurs Evolution of Brain and Behaviour

History of Life

General Studies
Origin of Life
Evolution and Phylogeny
Palaeobiology
Dinosaurs
Evolution of Brain and Behaviour

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Palaeobiology

If a dinosaur can become a hummingbird, all things are possible.

Ronald Wright

AAPS, Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences

Accuracy of Fossils and Dating Methods (Michael Benton, Actionbioscience.org, Jan 2001)

Amber Inclusions: Stereoscopic Views (Wolfgang Wiggers)

Amber: Window to the Past (AMNH)

Amber, with Howard Stableford (BBC Radio 4, 16 Feb 2005)

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists

Ammonites at Union Wash, California

AMNH Division of Paleontology
(American Museum of Natural History)

AMNH Fossil Vertebrate Collection

Anapsida: Fossil Record (Michel Laurin, UCMP)

Ancient Biomolecules Centre (Oxford University)

The Ancient Bristlecone Pine (Leonard Miller)

Ancient Bristlecones in Schulman Grove (NASA EO Newsroom)

Ancient Fossils (Warrawoona Group, Pilbara)

Ancient Green and Purple Sulfur Bacteria (Jochen Brocks et al., Nature, 6 Oct 2005) PDF

The Ancient Ones (Kenneth Jenkins)

The Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (Richard Forrest)

-- SVPCA Forum

AQ Paleo (AweQuest.net)

Archaeocete.org (Mark D. Uhen, Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Ask ERIC | Paleontology Lesson Plans

Athanassiou, Athanassios (Athens)

Atmospheric Biomarkers and their Evolution over Geological Timescales (Lisa Kaltenegger et al., astro-ph/0512053, 2 Dec 2005)

The Australian Megafauna (Museum Victoria, Melbourne)

Australia's Lost Kingdom (Australian Museum)

Australia's Megafauna: A web-based activity exploring the diversity of the Australian megafauna and its extinction (University of Sydney)

Bedout: A Possible End-Permian Impact Crater Offshore Northwestern Australia (Luann Becker et al.)

BFV (Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates) Online (John Damuth)

Big Dead Fish - Leedsichthys problematicus (Jeff Liston)

Biological Effects of Gamma-Ray Bursts: distances for severe damage on the biota (Douglas Galante & Jorge Ernesto Horvath, astro-ph/0512013, 1 Dec 2005, revised)

Biology & Palaeontology Qs & As (UK)

The Biostrat Gallery (University of Western Australia)

The Bite Stuff (Jaime A. Headden)

BPI Palaeontology (Bernard Price Institute, U Witwaterstrand)

A Brief History of Life (Lexi Krock, The Missing Link, NOVA Online, PBS, 26 Feb 2002)

British Columbia Paleontological Alliance (Victoria, BC)

The Bryozoa Home Page (Philip Bock, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

Bryozoan paleoecology indicates mid-Phanerozoic extinctions were the product of long-term environmental stress (Catherine M. Powers & David J. Bottjer, Geology 35(11):995-8, Nov 2007; abstract)

-- Extinction Theory Falls From Favor (Carl Marziali, USC News, 24 Oct 2007)

BUBL LINK: 560 Palaeontology

Burgess Shale Fossils (Andrew MacRae)

The Burgess Shale On-Line Exhibit (Royal Tyrrell Museum)

Burgess Shale Projects (Royal Ontario Museum)

The Calcite Palace (calcareous nannofossils)

Cambridge Plant Evolution and Palaeoecology

Cambrian Explosion Exhibit, Brevard Zoo (Kerry B. Clark)

A Cambrian Peak in Morphological Variation Within Trilobite Species (Mark Webster, Science 317(5837):499-502, 27 Jul 2007)

-- Fossils older than dinosaurs reveal pattern of early animal evolution on Earth (University of Chicago Press Release, 26 Jul 2007)

Canadian Association of Palynologists (Alwynne B. Beaudoin)

Cephalopod Fossils and History (Phil Eyden et al., TONMO.com)

Changing World [of the Caenozoic] (BBC Beasts)

Chris Clowes's Paleontology Page (Chris Clowes, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene 2006: Searching the Past for Clues to the Future (Abstracts from CBEP 2006, Bilbao, 12-20 Jun 2006) PDF

Climatic and Biogeochemical Effects of a Galactic Gamma-Ray Burst
(Adrian L. Melott et al., astro-ph/0503625, 29 Mar 2005, revised)

Coelacanth: The Fish Out of Time (Jerome F. Hamlin)

Collecting Fossils in California

Collections Management: A Resource for Managing Fossil Collections (The Paleontology Portal, Americal Museum of Natural History)

Computational Paleontology

Con-nexus List (Conodonts Forum)

CretaceousFossils.com

Curricular Resources in Paleontology (CLN)

Dallas Paleontological Society

Darin Croft's Home Page (Darin A. Croft, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio)

The Dawn of Animal Life (Mark Badham, Miller Museum of Geology)

The Delaware Valley Paleontological Society

Devonian Ocean Simulator (Christian Darkin)

Devonian Times (Dennis C. Murphy, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania)

Diatom Paleolimnology Data Cooperative Home Page
(Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia)

Did a gamma-ray burst initiate the late Ordovician mass extinction? (Adrian Melott et al., 15 Sep 2003)

Digital Burgess Conference (Bruce Damer)

Dinosaur and Ancient Marine Arthropod Exhibit (Hitachi)

Dinosaur and Fossil Digs (MSN Groups)

DinosaurPoint and the North American Museum of Ancient Life (Lehi, Utah)

Directory of Canadian Paleontologists (GSC)

Directory of Paleontologists of the World
(International Palaeontological Association)

Discover the History of Life (UCMP)

Discovering Fossils (Roy Shephard & Luci Algar, UK)

Discovery Channel Online: Fossil Zone

Discovery Online -- Dinosaurs/Fossils Guide

The Disputed Rise of Mammals (Jennifer Evans, The Scientist 23:1:47, 1 Jan 2009)

Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History (New York)

Do extragalactic cosmic rays induce cycles in fossil diversity? (Mikhail V. Medvedev & Adrian L. Melott, astro-ph/0602092, 4 Feb 2006)

The Dung File (Alwynne B. Beaudoin)

The Dynamics of Global Biodiversity: Insights from the Fossil Record (David Jablonski, QCShow Author Lecture of the Week, 17 Apr 2006)

Dynasties of Stone: The Paleo Illustration of Kelly Taylor

Earliest Fossils (Jeremy Bailey, Astrobiology Australasia)

Early Cambrian Metazoan Eggs, Embryos, and Phosphatic Microfossiles from Northwestern Canada (Leanne J. Pyle et al., Journal of Paleontology 80(5):811-25, Sep 2006) PDF

Early Whales Gave Birth on Land (National Science Foundation News Press Release 09-013, 3 Feb 2009)

Earth Science Pages: Paleontology and Palynology
(Paul D. Farrar)

The Echinoids (Natural History Museum of London)

Ecology, Facies and Palaeoenvironment (Links for Palaeobotanists)

Ecology of earliest reptiles inferred from basal Pennsylvanian trackways (Howard J. Falcon-Lang et al., Journal of the Geological Society 164(6):1113-18, Dec 2007)

-- Earliest evidence for reptiles (Bristol University Press Release, 17 Oct 2007)

-- A feast of fossil footprints (Daniel Cressey, The Great Beyond, 17 Oct 2007)

The effect of geographic range on extinction risk during background and mass extinction (Jonathan L. Payne & Seth Finnegan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 Jun 2007) PDF

Elasmo.com (Jim Bourdon)

European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP)

Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions (Michael J. Benton, Actionbioscience.org, Mar 2001)

Evolution & Extinction (Links for Palaeobotanists)

Evolutionary Catastrophes and the Goldilocks Problem (Milan M. Cirkovic, arXiv:0709.2309v1 [astro-ph], 14 Sep 2007)

-- Tau Ceti: Life Amidst Catastrophe? (Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams, 20 Sep 2007)

The Evolutionary Timeline of Trees (Rachel Ehrenberg, In Situ, HMS Beagle 113, 26 Oct 2001)

The Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Consortium
(John Damuth, UC Santa Barbara)

Extinction! (Kate Churchill & Richard Hutton, PBS Evolution Show 3, 25 Sep 2001)

-- Congregational Study Guide for Evolution (NCSE)

The Extinction Files (BBC Evolution Website)

Extinction Pages (Mark Dalton)

Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time
(Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum)

"Fishapod" Fossil Found in the Arctic (NASA EO Newsroom)

Flood Basalts -- Bigger and Badder (Paul R. Renne, Science 296(5574):1812-13, 7 Jun 2002)

Flowering Plants: Keys to Earth's Evolution and Human Well-Being (Interview with Pamela Soltis, ActionBioscience.org, Mar 2006)

Follow a Fossil (Denver Museum of Nature & Science)

Fossil Biodiversity: Red Noise Plus Signal (Adrian L. Meloot & Bruce S. Lieberman, astro-ph/0606325, 13 Jun 2006, revised)

Fossil Collections of the World (Simon Biggs)

Fossil Diptera Catalog (Neal L. Evenhuis, Bishop Museum)

Fossil Giant Sequoia Foliage from Nevada

-- Other Paleontology-Related Pages

The Fossil Hall of Fame (Extinctions Fossil Company)

Fossil Halls | American Museum of Natural History (New York)

Fossil Horses in Cyberspace (Florida Museum of Natural History)

Fossil Hydrothermal Vent Communities (Crispin Little, Earth Sciences, Leeds University)

Fossil Images (Roger & Kelly Stephenson)

Fossilization for Upper School at 10th Grade Science Courses
(Shiang-Kwei Wang et al. University of Georgia)

Fossil Mammal Research Group (Laura Bishop et al., Liverpool John Moores University, UK)

Fossilnet's Favorite Web-Sites (Jim Wyatt)

Fossil Record of the Bacteria (UCMP)

Fossils (Swedish Museum of Natural History)

Fossils & Dinosaurs (Mike Everhart, The School Page)

Fossils from The Kettleman Hills, California

Fossils in Antarctica (British Antarctic Survey)

Fossils of New Jersey (Steve Kurth)

Fossil Sharks and Rays of Lee Creek

Fossils of the Gault Clay and Folkstone Beds of Kent, UK (Jim Craig)

Fossils of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Museum)

Fossils, Rocks, and Time Online (Lucy E. Edwards & John Pojeta Jr., USGS)

Fossils: Windows to the Past (Megan Thomas & Kristi Carver)

Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Earth: Exploration of Atmospheric, Biological, Climatic and Biogeochemical Effects (Brian C. Thomas et al., astro-ph/0505472, 23 May 2005)

Gamma-ray bursts and terrestrial planetary atmospheres (Brian C. Thomas & Adrian L. Melott, astro-ph/0601711, 31 Jan 2006, revised)

Gauss-Vanicek Spectral Analysis of the Sepkoski Compendium: No New Life Cycles (Mensur Omerbashich, math-ph/0608014, 4 Aug 2006)

The genetic signature of (astronomically induced) life extinctions (Robersy Sanchez & Rolando Cardenas, q-bio/0509033, 24 Sep 2005)

Geometry.net | Paleobotany

Geometry.net | Paleontology

Geometry.net | Vertebrate Paleontology

Getting a Leg Up on Land (Jennifer A. Clack, Scientific American 293:6:100-107, Dec 2005)

Global Climate Change: The Perspective from the Fossil Record (Videos from the Climate Forum in Cleveland, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct 2008)

Global Palaeovegetation Maps (Jonathan Adams)

Graduate Programs in Vertebrate Paleontology

The Grave Yard: A Skeletal Reconstructions Database
(Pedro Andrade, UK)

A Guide to the Eight Orders of Trilobites (Sam M. Gon III)

Hall of Evolution (U of Michigan)

Hans' Paleobotany Pages (Hans Steur)

Harris, Jerry D.

Hell Creek Life: Fossil Flora & Fauna (Phillip Bigelow)

A History of Palaeozoic Forests (Hans Kerp, WWU Münster)

The Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum
(Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre)

-- PaleoNet: Places To Go

HMNH | Hairy Museum of Natural History (Matt Celeskey & Ray Troll, Albuquerque, New Mexico)

How (every single one of) Your Ancestors Survived (Ivan Semeniuk's Embedded Universe, Sky & Telescope Blog, 26 May 2009)

ICAL-Paleontology (Interactive Collections Availability List)

Ice Age Animals and Their Extinction (Museum Victoria, Melbourne)

Ice, coal and ancient rainforests (Howard Falcon-Lang, Planet Earth, Autumn 2004)

Ichnology, the Study of Plant and Animal Traces
(Anthony J. Martin)

If We Had No Moon (Bernard Foing, Astrobiology Magazine, 29 Oct 2007)

Impact from the Deep (Peter D. Ward, Scientific American 295:4:64-71, Oct 2006)

Impedance-Matching Hearing in Paleozoic Reptiles: Evidence of Advanced Sensory Perception at an Early Stage of Amniote Evolution (Johannes Mueller & Linda A. Tusuji, PLoS ONE, 12 Sep 2007)

-- Let's Hear It for the First Ears (Michael Balter, ScienceNOW Daily News, 12 Sep 2007)

Instructional Materials in Paleontology (CLN)

International Palaeontological Association

Internet Directory for Botany: Paleobotany, Palynology, Pollen

Introduction to the Aves: The Birds
(Ben Waggoner & John R. Hutchinson, UCMP)

Invertebrate Paleontology: Fossils from the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History and Biodiversity Research Center, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology (Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas)

IPL Ready Reference Collection: Paleontology

Islands in the sky: the impact of Pleistocene climate cycles on biodiversity (Allan J. Baker, Journal of Biology 7:9:32, 3 Nov 2008)

Is paleontology going extinct? (Donald R. Prothero, The Scientist, 14 Aug 2009)

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Flash Feature (U.S. National Park Service, Oregon)

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) $

Jurassic Reef Park (Reinhold Leinfelder, Stuttgart)

Kentucky Paleontological Society

Kevin's Trilobite Homepage (Kevin Brett)

K-Paleo: Kuban's K-Paleo Place (Glen J. Kuban, PaleoScene, Tomball, Texas)

Land of the Mammoth (Discovery Channel)

Learning from the Fossil Record (UCMP)

Life Goes for a Spin - The Cambrian Explosion (Corey S. Powell, Scientific American Explorations, 25 Aug 1997)

Life Has a History (Ben Waggoner & Brian R. Speer et al., Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley)

Life in the Palaeozoic (The Open University)

LIFE, A Journey Through Time (Frans Lanting)

Life of a Vertebrate Fossil (Hal Banks et al., Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC)

Life through Geologic Time: A Pictorial History of Life on Earth
(Ron Thomas & Carl Wozniak, NMU Seaborg Center)

Links for Palaeobotanists (Klaus-Peter Kelber, U Würzburg)

Links to Canadian Paleontology Organizations and Websites (GSC)

Living Fossils of the Deep: An Expedition to the Bahamian Seafloor
(Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)

A long-term association between global temperature and biodiversity, origination and extinction in the fossil record (Peter J. Mayhew et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 23 Oct 2007) PDF

-- Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction (Royal Society Press Release, 24 Oct 2007)

-- Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction (David Garner, University of York Press Release, 24 Oct 2007)

-- Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction (University of Leeds Press Release, 24 Oct 2007)

-- AP, Brit Press, etc: Paleo-evidence says warming oceans mean mass extinctions. We're warming the oceans. Ergo.... (Knight Science Journalism Tracker, 24 Oct 2007)

-- Global warming = mass extinctions (Daniel Cressey, The Great Beyond, 25 Oct 2007)

Louisiana Fossil Page (Paul V. Heinrich)

The MAD Scientist Library: Paleontology

The Mammoth Saga (Ulf Carlberg, NRM, Sweden)

The Mammoth Site (Hot Springs, South Dakota)

Mars Fossils, Pseudofossils or Problematica (Michael Davidson, Ottawa)

Mass Extinctions of the Phanerozoic (Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum)

Mauricio Antón, Paleontological Artist (Madrid)

Mazon Creek Fossils (Illinois State Museum)

Mesozoic Mammals (Trevor Dykes, Nuremberg)

Microfossils (NASA Earth Observatory)

Missing Links and Found Links (Pat Shipman, Marginalia, American Scientist 94(6):495-7, Nov-Dec 2006)

Mohawk Valley Fossils (Ordovician)

More evidence for mass extinction (Philip Ball, Nature Science Update, 7 Jun 2002)

Morrison Research Initiative

Museum of the Rockies Paleontology Department (Celeste Horner)

Nannofossil Lab (Wuchang Wei)

The National Collection of Foraminifera, and other microfossils
(Smithsonian Paleobiology)

National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration: Paleontology (National Geographic Society, Washington, DC)

Nearctica - Paleontology...

Neil Clark's Home (Hunterian Museum, Glasgow)

A new paraclupeid fish (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from a muddy marine pro-delta environment: middle Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta, Canada (Michael J. Hay et al., Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44(6):775-790, 2007; abstract)

-- Alberta fish fossil points to ancient link to Mediterranean (The Canadian Press, 5 Sep 2007)

Newsgroup: sci.bio.paleontology

New Theory on Old Debate: Comet Killed the Mammoth (Christopher Lee, Washington Post, 11 Jun 2007)

NMfossils.org | Online Directory of Fossils in New Mexico
(New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science)

NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America (UIowa)

NMNH Paleobiology Home (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)

North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology
(Johnathan M. Campbell)

NOVA | Bone Diggers [Thylacoleo] (dir. Ingo Helbig et al., PBS, 19 Jun 2007)

NOVA | First Flower (Doug Hamilton, PBS, 17 Apr 2007)

NOVA | Jewel of the Earth (PBS, 14 Feb 2006)

NOVA | Last Extinction (Doug Hamilton et al., PBS, 31 Mar 2009)

NOVA Online | The Missing Link (PBS, 26 Feb 2002)

NOW - Neogene of the Old World: Database of fossil mammals
(Mikael Fortelius, University of Helsinki)

Oceans of Kansas Paleontology (Mike & Pam Everhart)

ODSN Fossil Distribution Plotting Service
(Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network)

Old Bones (New Jersey Online)

Online Fossil Catalog (Online Fossil Museum, Southwestern Adventist University)

Online Resources for Earth Scientists: Paleontology

Open Access Biology and Paleontology, Part II: Individual researchers' pages (Matthew John Wedel, Ask Doctor Vector, 17 Jan 2007)

Open Directory - Science: Earth Sciences: Paleontology

Oregon's Fossil Guy (Guy diTorrice)

Our Ancient Island (T. G. Obear, Courtenay & District Museum and Paleontology Centre)

Our Earliest Animal Ancestors (David Tenenbaum, Astrobiology Magazine, 6 Aug 2007)

Ozarks Paleontology Web Site (Bruce Stinchcomb)

OZ Fossils (ABC Science Online, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
(George C. Page Museum, Los Angeles)

Palaeoblog (Michael J. Ryan)

Palaeobotanical Research Group, WWU Münster (Hans Kerp et al.)

Palaeobotany, Department of (Swedish Museum of Natural History)

Palaeontologia Electronica Journal

-- Canadian Mirror (Carleton University)

-- European Mirror

-- OMNH Mirror (US)

The Palaeontological Association (PalAss, UK)

Palaeontological Links (Cushman Foundation)

Palaeontology (NISS Directory of Networked Resources)

Palaeontology Back Issue Distribution Centre
(Palaeontological Association, UK)

-- Online PDF Archive

Palaeontology Department, The Natural History Museum (London)

Palaeontology Resources index (South African Museum)

Palaeo-oology (Yahoo! Groups)

Palaeos (wiki)

Palaeos: The Trace of Life on Earth (M. Alan Kazlev et al.)

Palaeosites (Kevin Brett)

Palaeo Talk

PalaeoVision Gallery (Natural History Museum, London)

The Palaeozoic Microvertebrates Page (Mark Wilson)

Palaeozoology, Department of (Swedish Museum of Natural History)

Palaios (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

PalArch (Amsterdam)

Paleo.amnh.org | The Division of Paleontology at the AMNH
(American Museum of Natural History)

Paleo Art (Smithsonian Paleobiology)

PaleoBase (Natural History Museum, London)

The Paleobiological Fund (Curtis C. Bentley)

The Paleobiology Database (John Alroy et al.)

Paleobiology: A Synthesis (ed. Derek Briggs & Peter Crowther, 1990)

PaleoBoard

The Paleobotanical Collection Searchable Database
(University of Alberta)

Paleo Errata: Odd Comments on Vertebrate Paleontology and Related Subjects (blog, Jeffrey W. Martz)

Paleofile.com | A taxonomic directory of Paleozoic and Mesozoic tetrapods and Cenozoic archosauromorphs (Tracy L. Ford)

Paleogeologist.com (Clay Garretson)

Paleo Home: Collection of Fossil Vertebrates
(Brian P. Kraatz, University of Wyoming)

Paleo Links (Cascadia)

Paleo-Linx

Paleomod: R Hammond's Paleo-models Homepage
(Richard Hammond)

Paleo Mont (K. Wicks)

The PaleoNet Pages (Norman MacLeod, NHM)

Paleontological Experiences for Science Teachers
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Paleontological Links

Paleontological Research Institution (Ithaca, New York)

Paleontological Resources for Fossil Collectors
(Russ McCarty, Florida Museum of Natural History)

The Paleontological Society

Paleontology (CSC)

Paleontology (The Exploratorium)

Paleontology (Galaxy)

Paleontology (USC Researchers Resources)

Paleontology (U.S. Forest Service Mineral and Geology Management)

Paleontology (Whole Internet Catalog)

Paleontology (Yahoo)

Paleontology and Fossils Page (Jack Mount)

Paleontology & Paleobotany (GeoSeek)

Paleontology and Scientific Literacy (UCMP)

Paleontology: The Big Dig (Mark Norell, AMNH OLogy)

Paleontology Division - Geological Association of Canada
(Michael J. Melchin)

Paleontology, Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)

Paleontology Gopher (UT at El Paso GeoGopher)

Paleontology in the 21st Century Workshop
(H. Richard Lane et al., Paleo21)

Paleontology K-12 Resources (UCMP)

Paleontology Links (Robert Margulski)

Paleontology Links (Wuchang Wei)

The Paleontology Museum Database Page (Cyberspace Museum)

Paleontology on the World-Wide Web (Steven H. Schimmrich)

Paleontology, Paleobotany (MFIRC)

The Paleontology Portal (US)

Paleontology Student Activities (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Paleontology: The Window to Science Education
(Richard K. Stucky)

Paleontology Without Walls (UCMP Public Exhibits)

PaleoPages - Web Links Dedicated to Palaeontology

PaleoPals at UCMP -- Interactive Paleontology

PaleoPlace Fossil Web Page for Collectors of Fossils

The Paleo Project.... A Collection of Trilobites (Thomas Johnson)

PaleoQuest (Center for Educational Technologies)

PaleoServices (San Diego Natural History Museum)

Paleo-Tech Concepts Home

Paleoworld (Discovery Online - TLC)

PaleoWorld (Greg Corwin)

Palynology and the University of Arizona (Owen K. Davis)

Park Paleontology Page (Vincent L. Santucci)

Paul Willis

Paul V. Heinrich Home and Louisiana Fossil Page

PEARL Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory (John P. Smol et al., Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario)

Periodicity of extinctions in the geologic past (D. M. Raup & J. J. Sepkoski, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 81(3):801-5, Feb 1984)

The Phanerozoic Eon (M. Alan Kazlev)

Phosphate Does a Body Good? (Leslie Mullen, Astrobiology Magazine, 11 Jun 2007)

Photographs of Fossils (Kentucky Paleontological Society)

Pick of the Litter (NMNH Paleobiology)

A Planetary Perspective on Evolution (Andrew Knoll, QCShow Author Lecture of the Week, 15 May 2006)

Plant Fossil Record (International Organisation of Palaeobotany)

Plant Fossils of West Virginia (Monte & Nancy Hieb)

The PloS One Paleontology Collection

The Polyglot Paleontologist: English Translations of Non-English Paleontological Literature (Matthew Carrano)

Precambrian Fossils (Art Busbey)

Prehistoric Life (BBC Science & Nature)

Prehistoric Life (Museum Victoria, Melbourne)

PrehistoricPlanet.com (Dave Board, PaleoClones)

Prehistoric Time Line (National Geographic)

Prem's Fossil Gallery

Preparator.org - The Web Site for the SPPC

-- The Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy

Professional Fossil Dealers Web Ring (George Winters)

-- Site List

Protecting Life in the Milky Way: Metals Keep the GRBs Away
(Krzysztof Z. Stanek et al., astro-ph/0604113, 6 Apr 2006, updated)

-- Comment on: Protecting Life in the Milky Way: Metals Keep the GRBs Away by Stanek et al (Adrian L. Melott, astro-ph/0604440, 20 Apr 2006)

Pterus.net (John Conway)

Quaternary Environments Network (Jonathan Adams)

-- UK Mirror

The Rad Page (Radiolarian Biostratigraphy)

Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology (Claremont, California)

Renaissance Fossils - Fossils for Collectors Worldwide
(Scott Taylor)

The Rhynie Chert and Its Flora (Palaeobotanical Research Group, University Münster)

The Riversleigh Society Australian Palaeontology Web Site

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Roger Summons' Research Group (MIT)

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Sam Girouard's Northwest Paleontology Site: Home

ScienceNet - Resources - Archaeology and Palaeontology

Science -- Science Collections: Paleontology

Scientific-Art.com | Palaeontological Samples (Debbie Maizels, UK)

The Search for Ancient Sharks (Discovery Channel School)

Search the Vertebrate Paleontology UF Master Database
(Florida Museum of Natural History)

Secrets of the Four Chambers Revealed by Reptile Hearts (US National Science Foundation Press Release 09-164, with interview with Benoit Bruneau, 1 Sep 2009)

Selected Internet Resources: Palaeontology (BARD)

Sepkoski Online: Sepkoski's Online Genus Database (J. John Sepkoski Jr., 'A compendium of fossil marine animal genera,' Bulletin of American Paleontology 363, 2002; Shanan Peters, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Set in Stone: Paleo Teaching Resources at BLM
(Harley Armstrong et al., U.S. Bureau of Land Management)

The Shape of Life | PBS (Lionel Friedberg et al., 2002)

The Sharktooth Hill Bone Bed, California

Smithsonian Paleobiology Gopher

South American Mammals (Darin A. Croft)

South America's Missing Mammals (John J. Flynn et al., Scientific American 296:5:68-75, May 2007)

So You Want To Be a Paleontologist? (Dinosaur Mailing List FAQ)

Spectral Evolution of an Earth-Like Planet (Lisa Kaltenegger et al., astro-ph/0609398, 14 Sep 2006)

-- Astronomers Reveal First Alien I.D. Chart
(CfA Press Release 06-25, 14 Sep 2006)

Sponge Reef Project (Pacific Geoscience Centre/University of Stuttgart)

Stephen Jay Gould Archive, The Official (Rhonda Roland Shearer et al., Art Science Research Lab, New York)

Stephen Jay Gould Archive, The Unofficial (Miguel Chavez)

-- The Unofficial Stephen J. Gould Archive (Shirl Kennedy, ResourceShelf Resource of the Week, 22 Oct 2007)

Stewart Wright's Palaeontological Page

Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site
(Republic, Washington)

Stony Brook Vertebrate Fossil Preparation Laboratory
(Stony Brook University, New York)

Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology & Biology (Michon Scott)

Study WEB: Paleontology

SVP Online: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

The Talk.Origins Archive: Fossil Gallery

Terrestrial Consequences of Spectral and Temporal Variability in Ionizing Photon Events (Larissa M. Ejzak et al., astro-ph/0604556, 26 Apr 2006)

Terrestrial Vertebrates: Tetrapods and Their Extinct Relatives
(Michel Laurin)

The Thylacine Museum: A Natural History of the Thylacinidae
(C. Campbell)

The Thylacoleo Remembrance (C. Campbell)

Timeline of evolution (Wikipedia)

TimeTreeWeb: The Timescale of Life (Blair Hedges & Sudhir Kumar et al., The Timetree of Life)

-- New initiative traces the beginning of species' life on Earth (Penn State Live, 10 Jun 2009)

-- Timetree of Life (Astrobiology Magazine, 14 Jun 2009)

Tour Through Time (UCMP)

Transantarctic Vertebrate Paleontology Project (William Hammer et al., Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois)

Transitional Fossils (Nils Eldredge & Gregory Eldredge, eds., Special Issue of Evolution: Education & Outreach 2(2):149-339, 5 Jun 2009)

Trilobite Gallery (Per Hansson)

Trilobites...and Their Evolution Through Time (Kirsty Pitcher)

Tusoteuthis and the Cretaceous Giant Squids
(Phil Eyden, TONMO.com)

University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)

USGS Paleontology Home Page (U.S. Geological Survey)

The Vertebrate Dento- and Osteopathy Bibliography Project

Vertebrate Palaeontology (Milan)

Vertebrate Paleontologists Web Sites & E-Mail (Jeffrey Martz)

Vertebrate Paleontology (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

Vertebrate Paleontology & Radiocarbon Lab

Vertebrate Paleontology Blog (Benjamin J. Burger, University of Colorado at Boulder)

Vertebrate Paleontology Journal Links (Jerry D. Harris, Dixie State College, St. George, Utah)

The Virtual Fossil Museum: Fossils Across Geological Time and Evolution (Roger Perkins, Little Rock, Arkansas)

Virtual Fossils from 425 Million-year-old Volcanic Ash (Derek E. G. Briggs et al., American Scientist 96(6):474-81, Nov-Dec 2008)

Virtual Museum of Fossils (Valdosta State University, Georgia)

VRML Fossils (Natural History Museum, London)

The VRTPALEO Listserver (Sam McLeod)

Walking with Beasts (BBC, Dec 2001)

Walking With Prehistoric Beasts (BBC/Discovery Channel: UK, 11 Dec 2001; NA, 20 Jan 2002)

Western Paleontological Laboratories, Inc.

When Crocodiles Ruled (Keith Braafladt et al., Science Museum of Minnesota)

When Fungi Ruled the World (David Tenenbaum, Astrobiology Magazine, 18 Jun 2007)

Wonambi Fossil Centre - A Virtual Tour (Naracoorte Caves, Government of South Australia)

Woolly Mammoth (Discovery Channel School)

Woolly Mammoth's Tooth (John Olofson)

World Fossil Forum (Peterborough, England)

The World of Amber (Susie Ward Aber)

World Wide Web Sites for Palynologists

Yale Peabody Museum: Paleobotany

Yale Peabody Museum: Vertebrate Paleontology

Zeal.com - Geology & Geophysics - Paleontology

See also Timelines

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