Paleontology
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- Paleontology in the 21st Century
- Summary of a 1997 meeting which outlined the current state of paleontology, and the areas which the science will encompass in the future.
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- Camouflage and Mimicry in Fossils
- Article by Petr Kacha and Vaclav Petr discussing this subject in depth.
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- Fossil Science
- Provides articles summarising research findings in archaeology, anthropology and paleontology, written for a general audience.
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- Paleontological Research Institution and Museum of the Earth
- Explore Earth through a unique mix of natural history displays, interactive science features, and art exhibitions. Located in Ithaca, New York.
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- Paleozoic.org
- Information about fossils, book reviews, photographic images, and Paleolist, a free email-based discussion list.
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- The Paleontology Portal
- Shows photos of fossils of different types. Browse by location, time period or type.
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- Dinosaur Tracks and Ichnology
- Provides a number of resources on trace fossils which are any marks, or other evidence, left behind by an animal while it was still alive.
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- Ichnology: The Study of Tracks and Traces
- Ewan Wolff of the Montana State University Geoscience Education Web Development Team, provides links to a number of resources on traces, tracks and trackways.
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- Sed-Trace
- Information on applied sedimentology and ichnology provided by Jean Gerard. Includes a rock gallery and details of the book "Ichnofabrics in clastic sediments".
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- The Paluxy Dinosaur/Human Footprint Controversy
- Discusses the history and origin of controversial fossil tracks at Glen Rose, Texas, and related matters, including the study of dinosaur tracks and trace fossils in general.
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- Virtual Ichnology Library
- Provides an online library of the major contributions of early researchers in this field, mostly in pdf format and essentially facsimiles of the originals.
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- Palaeozoic Microvertebrates
- Provides information on the International Working Group on Palaeozoic Microvertebrates, members of which are researching vertebrates as revealed by their tiny scales, teeth and bone fragments extracted from rock samples.
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- Darwin and Modern Science: The Palaeontological Record: Plants
- Article by D. H. Scott, President of the Linnean Society, which discusses the fossil record of plants and its bearing on the truth of the doctrine of evolution, on phylogeny and on the theory of natural selection.
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- Did the Wood Roach or Prototermite Cause the Permian-Triassic Coal Hiatus?
- A symbiosis of the wood roach with a cellulose digesting protozoa probably caused Permian aridity and rise of conifers, and created the early Triassic coal hiatus.
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- Environmental Archaeology, Florida Museum of Natural History
- This discipline analyzes and interprets past human resources uses and human/environment interactions. It is made up of three subdisciplines - Zooarchaeology, Archaeobotany, and Archaeopedology.
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- Links for Palaeobotanists
- An annotated collection of pointers to information on palaeobotany, with an Upper Triassic bias.
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- PETRALGA (Permian & Triassic Algae) Project
- The Project was launched in order to build a solid database for the fossil Algae from the Permian and Triassic epochs. A main going-on sub-project deals with a catalogue for the Dasycladales.