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Stolonoidea Stolonoidea
Stolonoidea- Stolonoid graptolites discussed as rhabdopleurids. ...
The Cretaceous Extinction The Cretaceous Extinction
The Cretaceous Extinction- 85 percent of all species died in the K-T extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. This article provides information on the geological setting, the species affected and the possible caus ...
The K-T Extinction The K-T Extinction
The K-T Extinction- Essay by Richard Cowen about the mass extinction of many species that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period and how the catastrophe hypotheses hold up to scrutiny. ...
Timing and Rate of the KT Extinction: What Else Died Out? Timing and Rate of the KT Extinction: What Else Died Out?
Timing and Rate of the KT Extinction: What Else Died Out?- Article by Pete Goddard on this subject covering the sea, the land and the air, and coming to the conclusion that the evidence points to a single catastrophic ev ...
The Permian Mass Extinction The Permian Mass Extinction
The Permian Mass Extinction- Discusses the geologic setting, possible causes, and taxa affected by the extinction event at the end of the Paleozoic. ...
Permian-Triassic Extinction Permian-Triassic Extinction
Permian-Triassic Extinction- Short video showing rock layers being laid down during the Permian and Triassic periods, and background information on the mass extinctions that occurred at this time. ...
The Permo-Triassic Extinction The Permo-Triassic Extinction
The Permo-Triassic Extinction- Information on the biggest extinction known to man with a paleontological overview, evidence for the extinction, the groups concerned and the possible causes of the devastation. ...
Big Crater Seen beneath Ice Sheet Big Crater Seen beneath Ice Sheet
Big Crater Seen beneath Ice Sheet- The BBC provides news that what appears to be a 480km-wide crater has been detected under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and may have been responsible for the extinction at the boundary o ...
Great Extinction Came in Phases Great Extinction Came in Phases
Great Extinction Came in Phases- BBC News describes how Chinese rock evidence suggests that the biggest of the Earth's mass extinctions did not happen in one cataclysmic event. ...
The Permian-Triassic Extinction The Permian-Triassic Extinction
The Permian-Triassic Extinction- Article by Andrew Alden proposing that new evidence and old, both support a volcanic explanation for this mass extinction when nine tenths of all species disappeared. ...
The Great Permian Extinction Debate The Great Permian Extinction Debate
The Great Permian Extinction Debate- Paper by James A. Marusek, providing a hypothesis of the mechanisms behind the greatest mass extinction of life on Earth, the Permian extinction. The hypothesis is applicable to 5 of ...
The Yoho-Burgess Shale Foundation The Yoho-Burgess Shale Foundation
The Yoho-Burgess Shale Foundation- The world's most significant fossil find. High in the Canadian Rocky Mountains is a fossil bed that details life on Earth - 520 Million years ago. ...
Digital Burgess - Background in Paleontology and Digital Biota Digital Burgess - Background in Paleontology and Digital Biota
Digital Burgess - Background in Paleontology and Digital Biota- Images of some Burgess Shale fossils. ...
Digital Burgess Conference Digital Burgess Conference
Digital Burgess Conference- Information from a conference on the Burgess Shale including professional papers. ...
The Burgess Shale The Burgess Shale
The Burgess Shale- The Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, provides an impressive exhibit of fossils. ...
Fossil Butte National Monument Fossil Butte National Monument
Fossil Butte National Monument- This 50-million year old lake bed is one of the richest fossil localities in the world. ...
Green River Formation Green River Formation
Green River Formation- From the U.C. Museum of Paleontology ...
George C. Page Museum George C. Page Museum
George C. Page Museum- The George C. Page Museum is located at the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's most famous fossil localities, recognized for having an unusually diverse assemblage of extinct Ice Age plant ...
La Brea Tar Pits La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits- From the U.C. Museum of Paleontology ...
Mary Anning Mary Anning
Mary Anning- Short biography of Lyme Regis's most famous fossil hunter. ...
The Virtual Pasture: Fossils at Lyme Regis The Virtual Pasture: Fossils at Lyme Regis
The Virtual Pasture: Fossils at Lyme Regis- Images of fossil invertebrates and wood with some interesting comments. ...
Jurassic Coast Jurassic Coast
Jurassic Coast- Official guide to England's first UNESCO natural World Heritage Site, along ninety five miles of coastline from East Devon to Dorset. Includes history from the Triassic period, with present-day management ...
Rugose Coral Rugose Coral
Rugose Coral- Photographs of Zaphrentis sp. and Canania cylindrica which are commonly found on beaches among the pebbles. ...
Mazon Creek Fossils Mazon Creek Fossils
Mazon Creek Fossils- This is Illinois State Museum's online exhibit of the famous Mazon Creek fossils. The Mazon Creek fossils include many soft-bodied organisms that are not usually preserved. ...
UNESCO World Heritage in Germany: Pit at Messel UNESCO World Heritage in Germany: Pit at Messel
UNESCO World Heritage in Germany: Pit at Messel- Eocene fossils, particularly those of early horses, can be found at Grube Messel. ...
Rhynie Chert, Scotland Rhynie Chert, Scotland
Rhynie Chert, Scotland- From the U.C. Museum of Paleontology ...
The Rhynie Chert Research Group The Rhynie Chert Research Group
The Rhynie Chert Research Group- Ongoing research into the strtaigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology of an Early Devonian hot spring system. From the University of Aberdeen. ...
The Solnhofen Limestone of Germany The Solnhofen Limestone of Germany
The Solnhofen Limestone of Germany- Introductory information from the University of California Museum of Paleontology. ...
Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone
Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone- Information about the paleontology of the formation from the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum. ...
Stiegler Natural Stone Stiegler Natural Stone
Stiegler Natural Stone- Information about the Solnhofen Natural Stone and Jura Marble products from the company that owns the quarry. ...
Florida Fossil Permit Florida Fossil Permit
Florida Fossil Permit- Permit needed to collect vertebrate fossils in Florida. ...
King of the Beastly (Legal) Battles King of the Beastly (Legal) Battles
King of the Beastly (Legal) Battles- Summary of the legal fight over Sue, the T. rex, and the questions raised about who owns the dinosaur fossils. ...
Public Lands, Public Fossils Public Lands, Public Fossils
Public Lands, Public Fossils- Article summarizing the issue from Geotimes by Lawrence J. Flynn. ...
The UnMuseum: Whatever Happened to the Brontosaurus? The UnMuseum: Whatever Happened to the Brontosaurus?
The UnMuseum: Whatever Happened to the Brontosaurus?- Explains that the brontosaurus is actually an apatosaurus with the head of a camarasaurus. It recounts how this happened. ...
Wyoming: The Bone Wars Wyoming: The Bone Wars
Wyoming: The Bone Wars- An illustrated history of the Bone Wars. It includes photos taken from 1904 - 1934 and includes reproductions of engravings from 1871. ...
Wikipedia: Bone Wars Wikipedia: Bone Wars
Wikipedia: Bone Wars- Tells how Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh came to compete in the discovery of dinosaur bones, and the havoc they caused. ...
Haddonfield and the 'Bone Wars' Haddonfield and the 'Bone Wars'
Haddonfield and the 'Bone Wars'- Information about how the war of dinosaur discovery between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh began in Haddonfield, N.J. in 1868. ...
Jurassic Coral Jurassic Coral
Jurassic Coral- Photograph of a chunk of fossilised Isastraea sp. found on the beach in Scotland. ...
Eurypterids of Prehistoric Pittsford Eurypterids of Prehistoric Pittsford
Eurypterids of Prehistoric Pittsford- Describes the discovery, in 1903 by Clifton Sarle, of a new eurypterid fauna (fossil arthropods) and contains illustration of the two common forms: Hughmilleria and Eurypterus. The b ...
Arachnid Origins and Evolution Arachnid Origins and Evolution
Arachnid Origins and Evolution- Research into chelicerate evolution. ...
Crabs Crabs
Crabs- Photographs of a number of fossilized crabs found in the London clay of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK. ...
PaleoResearch: The Prehistoric World of the Eurypterids PaleoResearch: The Prehistoric World of the Eurypterids
PaleoResearch: The Prehistoric World of the Eurypterids- Samuel J. Ciurca shares his research findings on these strange, mostly aquatic arthropods. ...
Fossil Biomechanics Fossil Biomechanics
Fossil Biomechanics- Current research into the biomechanics of fossil sea scorpions (eurypterids). ...
EuroBrach EuroBrach
EuroBrach- Information about Brachiopoda for brachiopodologists including systematics, directories, a bibliography and a miscellaneous section. ...
Calliprotonia sterlitamakensis Calliprotonia sterlitamakensis
Calliprotonia sterlitamakensis- Photograph of a nice specimen showing the pattern of spine growth well. ...
Fossils of Northern Ireland: Brachiopods Fossils of Northern Ireland: Brachiopods
Fossils of Northern Ireland: Brachiopods- Photographs and information on terebratulids, rhynchonellids and spiriferids. ...
Brachiopods Brachiopods
Brachiopods- The Paleontology Portal provides images of a great many brachiopod fossils. ...
Bryozoa: Fossil Record Bryozoa: Fossil Record
Bryozoa: Fossil Record- Provides information on fossil bryozoans from their first appearance in the early Ordovician, the stenolaemate bryozoans of the early Paleozoic and the rare gymnolaemate bryozoans known only from ...
Fossil Bryozoans Fossil Bryozoans
Fossil Bryozoans- Overview and photographs of common Kansas fossil bryozoans including a Septopora colony and other branching, net-like and sheet-like forms. ...
Fossil Groups: Bryozoa Fossil Groups: Bryozoa
Fossil Groups: Bryozoa- Information on the Bryozoa, their characters and anatomy, major subgroups in the phylum, the fossil record, modern forms and literature and web links. ...

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