PaleoLinks -Arranged by Topics & Taxonomic Groups

Topics in Paleobiology

Adaptation and Functional Morphology

• Biomechanics of Eurypterids
• Digital Morphology - Digital archive of morphology and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography of biological specimens - Univ. of Texas
• Morphometrics - State University of New York @ Stony Brook
• Shell Coiling - Interactive Simulations:  Raup's analysis comes alive!
• Virtual Wonders - Virtual fossils from the Natural History Museum, London.

Evolution & Extinction

• Charles Darwin & Alfred Russel Wallace
  1. Darwin Day Program - with links
  2. Natural Selection
  3. The Alfred Russel Wallace Page- his ideas on natural selection, zoogeography, biodiversity, and more
• Evolution Links - Harvard Univ.
• Evolutionary Theory
• Evolution vs. Creationism
• Understanding Evolution - A website for teachers - U. Cal. Berkley
• Extinctions
  1. Mass Extinctions of the Phanerozoic
  2. Recoveries From Mass Extinctions
• Genetics and Development
  1. Digital Evolution Lab - Michigan State University
  2. Primer on Molecular Genetics - US Department of Energy - Genetics & the Human Genome Project.
  3. Mammalian Embryology - Embryo Images: Normal & Abnormal Mammalian Development
  4. Mendel Web - Mendel & his work
  5. Pea Experiment - Breed hybrid peas
• Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
• Origins of Life
• Punctuated Equilibrium

Entertainment

• Books About Paleontology & Fossils - Paleobook
• Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
• Fossil Folklore - Explore the myths about fossils

Geologic Time

• Geologic Time Machine - Berkeley
• Geologic Time Scale - 1999 Version (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Interactive Time Scale - Links to time intervals & related topics
• Interactive Scale - The American Geological Institute
• Synoptic Time Table of Earth History

Paleoecology

• Internet Biodiversity Service
• Mohawk Valley (NY) Fossils - Interactions between tectonics, sedimentation, & organisms.
• Pleistocene of Illinois
• Population Ecology
• Quaternary Paleoecology
• Reefs
  1. Great Barrier Reef - virtual tour
  2. History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems
  3. Jurassic Reefs
  4. Reefs.org - Resources
  5. Virtual Silurian Reef
• Taphonomy - The study of death & decay!

Paleogeography

• Early Classics in Biogeography, Distribution, and Diversity Studies to 1950  - Charles Smith
• Paleocurrents - USGS
• Paleogeographic Atlas Project - University of Chicago
• Paleomap Project - Christopher Scotese
• Plate Positions - Phanerozoic Maps

Preservation & the Fossil Record

• Amber
  1. A View of the Past
  2. Suspended in Time - Smithsonian
• Ashfall Beds - Nebraska
• Burgess Shale- British Columbia
  1. Andrew MacRae's Site
  2. Burgess Shale Foundation
  3. Online Exhibit
  4. Overview - Berkeley
• Cincinnatian Fauna - Upper Ordovician
• Devonian Times - Late Devonian tetrapods of Pennsylvania
• Falls of the Ohio State Park - Indiana
• Fossil Collections of the World - Links to collections, taxonomic groups, geologic time, etc.
• Jurassic Cliffs - England
• Kentucky Fossils
• LaBrea Tar Pits - Los Angeles
• Louisiana Fossils
• Mazon Creek - Illinois
• New York Paleontology - Fossils of the Empire State & the Strata In Which They Are Found
• Oceans of Kansas - Mosasaurs +
• Rhynie Chert Hot Springs
• Solnhofen Limestone
  1. Volume 1 - Overview + Fossil Images
  2. Volume 2 - Birds are Dinosaurs
• Taphonomy & Preservation
  1. Experimental Taphonomy
  2. Forms of Preservation
  3. Hyde Park Mastodon Research - Taphonomy
  4. Overview of Taphonomy & Preservation
  5. Plant Fossil Preservation - Necessary Conditions
  6. Taphonomy Archive - Definitions, links, etc.
  7. Trenton Group, Ordovician of New York State
• Utah Cephalopods

Reference Sources

• Access Science - Science Dictionary
• Geologic Maps - What are you standing on?
• Visual Thesaurus

Sampling - Rarefaction Estimates:  An Interactive Program

Stratigraphy

• Stratigraphic Principles, Concepts, and Definitions
• Biostratigraphy - A History
• Biostratigraphy & Geochronology in the 21st Century
• Cincinnatian Stratigraphy
• North American Stratigraphic Code
• Seismic Stratigraphy
• Sequence Stratigraphy

Systematics & Taxonomy

• Berkeley Search Engine for Taxonomic Groups (broad coverage)
• The Fossil Record 2 - Family-level biodiversity through time
• Invertebrate Paleontology Image Gallery - Yale Univ.
• Linnaeus
• Paleontology Glossary  - USGS
• Phylogeny & Biodiversity
  1. Endangered Species
  2. Phylogeny
  3. Tree of Life - University of Arizona
• Cladistics:
  1. Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics
  2. Glossary of Phylogenetic Systematics
  3. Hennig Society - Cladistics Resources 
• Classifying Life - An Overview
• International Code of Zoological Nomenclature - Online

• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature - ICZN Home Page

• Nomenclator Zoologicus, Vol. 1-9 - A list of the names of genera and subgenera in Zoology from the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1994

• Zoological Record Taxonomic Hierarchy

Glossaries & Dictionaries:

• Types - a dictionary of taxonomic terms from the ICZN
• Zoological Terms

Taxonomic Index

Archaea

Arthropoda

• Anomalocaris - Cambrian predator from the Burgess Shale
• Arachnid Origins & Evolution
• Crustacea & Chelicerata
• Eurypterida
  1. Eurypterids.net
  2. Eurypterida
  3. Eurypterids - The New York State Fossil
• Insecta
  1. Classification & Gallery
  2. Fossil Insects - International Palaeoentomological Society
  3. Quaternary Beetles (Coleoptera) - Colby College
• Ostracoda
• Trilobites
  1. Cincinnatian Trilobite Identifier
  2. A Guide to Trilobite Orders
  3. Trilobita:  Life History & Ecology
• Uniramia - Overview
• Xiphosura - Horseshoe Crabs

Archaeocyatha

Bacteria

• Bacteria
  1. Introduction
  2. Microbe World - Bacteria & viruses
• Endolithic Cyanobacteria & Bioerosion - Dr. Stjepko (Steve) Golubic
• Stromatolites/Cyanobacteria
  1. Introduction
  2. Shark Bay - Living stromatolites, Australia
  3. Stromatolites of Michigan

Brachiopoda

• Introduction
• Brachiopoda - Univ. of California, Berkeley
• World Brach Net - Brachiopod Links

Bryozoa

• Bryozoans at Yale
• Cincinnatian Bryozoans
• d'Orbigny & Bryozoans
• General Overview - including classification
• Introduction
• Living & Fossil
• Skeletons: From Crystallites to Limestones - Dr. Paul D. Taylor

Chordata

• Hemichordates - Introduction
• Graptolite.net
• Graptolithina
• Conodonta
  1. Hidden World of the Conodonta - An Overview
  2. Pander Society - Conodont Research Group

Conulariida - Mystery Fossils?

Cnidaria

• Introduction
• Rugose Corals
• Tabulate Corals
• Scleractinia

Echinodermata

• Asteroidea
• Cincinnatain Weird Echinoderms
• Crinoidea
  1. Cincinnatian Crinoid ID Guide
  2. Crawfordsville, IN, Fossil Gallery
• Echinoidea
• Edrioasteroidea
• General Information
• Links
• Holothuroidea
• Overview Incuding Asterozoa, Blastozoa, Crinozoa, & Echinozoa
• Summary & Taxonomy

Kingdoms of Living Things

Micropaleontology

• Collection of Web Sites on Coccoliths, Conodonts, Foraminifera, Ostracods, Palynology, & Siliceous Microfossils from the British Micropalaeontology Society.
• Microfossils - Information on collection & studying, foraminifera, & ostracods

Mollusca

• General Characteristics - Comparisons of shell mineralogy, stratigraphic range, habitat, & ecology
• Gastropoda
  1. Overview
  2. More information
• Pelecypoda (Bivalvia)
  1. Overview
  2. Taxonomy
• Cephalopoda
  1. Overview
  2. Ammonoidea
  3. Coleoidea
  4. Fossil Nautiloidea
• Scaphopoda

Plants

• Coal - Univ. Kentucky
• Introduction to Plants
• Giboa Forest - Devonian, New York State
• The Ginko Page
• History of Paleozoic Forests
• Paleobotany
  1. Links for Paleobotanists
  2. Paleobotany
• Palynology
  1. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
  2. Links for Palynologists
  3. Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology
  4. Paleopalynology
  5. Palynology - University of Arizona
• Rhynie Chert Hot Springs
• West Virginia - Plant Fossils

Phoronids

Porifera

• Archaeocyatha
• Archaeocyatha & Porifera - SUNY Cortland
• General Overview of Sponges

Protista

• Diatoms
  1. Collection - California Academy of Sciences
  2. Characteristics - The Seaweed Page
  3. Diatom Home Page - Indiana University
• Introduction - Eukaryote Systematics
• Nannoplankton - Nannofossils - International Nannoplankton Association (INA)
• Foraminifera
  1. Fossil Record
  2. Glossary of Terms Used in Foram Research
  3. Planktic
  4. Foram Dictionary
• Micropaleontologic Reference Center
• Radiolaria.org

Trace Fossils

• Bioerosion (excavating marine hard substrates)- Dr. Mark A. Wilson
• Ichnology Research Group - University of Alberta
• Introduction to Ichnology - Emory University
• Overview of Trace Fossils - SUNY Cortland

Vendian Animals - The First Animals

Vertebrates

• General Introduction
• Birds
  1. Introduction
  2. Archaeopteryx
  3. Dinosaur-Bird Relationships
• Early Vertebrate Groups & Systematics
• Dinosaurs
  1. Age of Reptiles Mural (+ descriptions) - Yale Univ.
  2. The Dino Directory - A taxonomic, geographic, and stratigraphic index from The Natural History Museum, London
  3. Facts & Fiction
  4. Archosaurs
  5. Top 10 Misconceptions
• Fish
  1. Mesozoic Fish
  2. Sharks:
     • Elasmobranchs - Elasmo.com
     • Key to common Neogene genera
• Fossil Horse Cybermuseum
• Hominids
  1. Human Evolution
     • Becoming Human - Details on human origins
     • Evidence in 3D
     • Human Origins - Smithsonian
     • Neanderthals and Modern Humans - A Regional Guide
     • Human Genome Project
     • The Cave of Lascaux - Early Human Artists
  2. Paleoanthropology Links
• MAMFAUN - A Bibliography - Geographical Distribution of Mammals
• Reptiles (+ Amphibians)
  1. HERPFAUN - Bibliography Concerning the Geographical Distribution of Reptiles and Amphibians
  2. Reptile Database
• Synapsids - Mammals & Relatives
• Tetrapods

Worms

• Scolecodonts (Polychaete jaw parts)
• Cincinnatian Scolecodonts 

Museum Links

• The Academy of Natural Sciences - Philadelphia - Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection
• American Museum of Natural History - New York
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Pittsburgh
• Field Museum of Natural History - Chicago
• Florida Museum of Natural History
• National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution
• Natural History Museum - London
• Natural History Museums & Collections - Comprehensive Listing
• Peabody Museum - Yale University
• Rochester Academy of Science - New York
• Royal Tyrrell Museum - Alberta
• University of California - Berkeley
• Worldwide Museum of Natural History

Organizations

• American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• American Geological Institute
• American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
• American Society of Mammalogists
• British Micropalaeontology Society
• Dry Dredgers - Amateur Collectors (Univ. of Cincinnati)
• Geologic Association of Canada, Paleontology Division
• Geological Society of America
• Interactive Collections Availability List - ICAL
• International Organisation of Palaeobotany
• Kuban's Paleo Place - Paleo- & Geology-Related Internet Resources
• Information Center for the Environment's Biological Inventory Databases
• Mollia - Information for Malacologists
• National Center for Science Education
• North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature
• PaleoNet Pages
• Palaeontological Association
• Paleontological Institute - University of Kansas
• Paleontological Research Institution
• Paleontological Society
• Pander Society 
• Society of Sedimentary Geologists = SEPM
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• USGS - Selected Online Resources

Journals

• Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
• Cladistics
• Evolution
• Evolution and Development
• Geology, GSA Bulletin, & GSA Today
• Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Lethaia
• National Geographic Online
• naturalSCIENCE
• Nature
• Palaeontology
• PALAIOS
• Palaeontologia Electronica
• Paleobiology
• Palynology
• Science Online
• Systematic Biology
• Zoological Record

Geologic Surveys

• British Geological Survey
• Geologic Survey of Canada
• Geological Surveys - An Index
• State Surveys
  1. Alabama
  2. Florida
  3. Illinois
  4. Indiana
  5. Iowa
  6. Kansas
  7. Kentucky
  8. Michigan
  9. Minnesota
  10. Nebraska
  11. New York
  12. Ohio
  13. Pennsylvania
  14. Wisconsin
• United States Geological Survey

 
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Updated on 8/23/11