Collections

Extinctions--Extinctions have had quite and impact in the earth's history. They are
responsible for the advancement of mammals including humans. This site
provides information about these earth shattering events. In addition, this is the World's Largest On-line Fossil Collection.

Peabody Museum Collection
 
 

Careers in Paleontology--This site offers information for those students who are interested in becoming Paleontologists. Penn's own Josh Smith provides his insite.

Institute of Archaeological Geology--Paleontology provides us with infoormation about the past. This can include the recent past. This page is a great introduction to the relationship between archaeology and geology.

Paleontological Institute--For a great overview on paleontology. This is a good place to start.

The Paleontological Association--The Paleontological Association was founded in 1957 to promote the study of Paleontology through publication of academic journals, newsletters, a series of field guides, regular meetings and field excursions, and a program of annual awards.

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology--The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, with the object of advancing the science of vertebrate paleontology.

University of Rochester--An invertebrate course at Rochester, which has links to outlines useful for summarizing the different groups that can be studied as well as diagrams and pictures to go along with those.

Paleontology at the USGS--The home page for paleontology at USGS, which has information about groups of fossils, papers and information written on certain topics, and resources for educational purposes.

e-fossils--A collection of pictures featuring the best specimens that are found in the
UK, not very much information but nice to get an idea of the genral variety
of organisms

Fossil News

General Paleontology Links--

Fossils of New Jersey--Steve Kurth has put together a series of New Jersey fossils, including a useful comparison of shark teeth on the vertebrate fossils link. Invertebrates, plants and dinosaurs are also featured on this page. This site hits close to home!

Paleontology--Is a great source for all types of Paleontology links.

Paleontology and Fossil Resources--This website is chock full of links to a variety of paleosites. The organization of the site is what really makes it; the sites are divided into regional, classroom learning, fossil collecting, etc. This makes for
easy internet searching.

Park Paleontology

Oceans of Kansas--This site provides information about the Smoky Hill chalk formation that is exposed in Western Kansas and has been the source of some of the best Cretaceous marine fossils that have been found anywhere in the world.

Strange Science--This site has a "goof gallery" depicting mistakes made by early
scientists and artists when they tried to depict organisms that had gone
extinct, a timeline of important dates in the history or paleontology,
and biographies of important paleontologists.

Bedrock Geology of Albany County, New York--This site gives data about Albany County bedrock units.

A Virtual Field Trip--Oneonta to the Hudson River-or-Time Traveling through 400 Million Years of Earth History

Generalized Descriptions of Major Geologic "Layers", SE New York State and Vicinity

A Helderberg Escarpment Tour at John Boyd Thatcher State Park, New York

Petrified Sea Gardens--The Petrified Sea Gardens is a fossilized Stromatolite (cyanobacteria) ocean-reef 500 million-years-old, a time when the land that is now Saratoga Springs was at the shore of a warm tropical sea.

Ichnology

Introduction to Ichnology--This site offers information about what ichnology is and what we can learn from it. It also has an impressive trace fossil database.

Dinosaur Tracks and Ichnology--

Trilobites

Trilobites--If you like trilobites this is an excellent page. From the excellent trilobite cartoon to the current data presented on them. It is worth checking out.

Vertebrates

Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction--Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction - This website contains answers to some frequently asked questions about dinosaurs, with current ideas and evidence to correct some long-lived popular misconceptions.

Discovering Dinosaurs on the web

Mosasaurs--A guide to the geology of the western interior sea which once occupied Kansas, some good descriptions of fossils and a collection of some really nice mosasaur artwork.

Turtles

Sharks of New Jersey--This site was a huge asset to research on the sharks of New Jersey. Check out the Big Brook site put together by amateur paleontologist, Derek Yoost, to find local fossil identifications.

Sharks --More than you could ever want to know about extinct shark teeth! The title speaks for itself: "The Life and Times of Long Dead Sharks". Great wallpaper!

Sharks for Kids--This page is an elementary account of sharks and shark fossils. A little juvenile, but there could be some tots looking at the page.
 
 

Geology of New Jersey --This webpage has a general geology description for New Jersey and it is part of an amateur page, but has information on some useful topics,
especially the geologic events that have shaped the area.

Arizona Sedimentary Geology--From the trilobite trackways in the Grand Canyon in the north, to the Rudistid molluscs in the deep south at Pauls Spur - Arizona has a large variety of sedimentary and paleontological treasures. This site is
dedicated to those treasures.