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Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), University of California, Berkeley: Learning from the Fossil Record. This is a hypertext version of a book originally published by the Paleontological Society. The book was written to accompany an educational workshop Learning from the Fossil Record presented for K-16 educators at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of American in Denver, Colorado. The workshop was intended to give information on how scientists use fossil evidence to reconstruct the past. It also offered ideas about using paleontology to teach the scientific process.
The Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), University
of California at Berkeley:
Frequently Asked Questions about Paleontology.
Worth checking out:
Beth Schachter, HMS Beagle,
Windows into Paleontology.
Annotated links about Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology, from Beagle Site Review,
Issue 39.
M.C. Boulter, Palaeobiology Research Unit, University of East London, Romford Road, London: The Inevitability of Publishing Electronically About Palaeontology. The PaleoNet Forum: An Irregular Electronic Journal April, 1996: Volume 2, Issue 4.
britannica.com: Fossil Record. See also here. Center for Astrobiology, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA: PALEONTOLOGY (Winter 2001). Lecture overheads and color slides.
C.J. Cleal and B.A. Thomas (page hosted by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee): Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain. GCR VOLUME No. 9. Introduction. History of research on British plant fossils. List of sites (Silurian, Devonian, Lower Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous, Permian).
Science of Earth Systems (SES), Cornell University (the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences Engineering, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Astronomy, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering): Evolution of the Earth System. This course describes highlights of the co-evolution of life and the physical/chemical Earth system.
Ben Dattilo, Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah: Syllabus: Geosci PS 1600, The Fossil Record.
The Dinosaur Mailing List FAQs (provided by the Department of Geosciences Texas Tech University): A Career in Paleontology.
My Le Ducharme, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: What is Paleobiology?
Douglas Erwin, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC: Quo Vadis Paleontology? The PaleoNet Forum: A Monthly Electronic Journal August, 1995: Volume 1, Issue 1.
Karl W. Flessa, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson: Paleontology. Explained in a nutshell. For better navigation go to: Lecture Notes, or the Lab Manual. Worth checking out: Major fossil groups. Systematic listing of major fossil groups covered with links to the chapters in which they are covered. See also: Supplementary Paleontology Lab material.
Museum of Natural History, University of Florence: The Origin of Life. Life through time, in a nutshell.
F. T. Fuersich, Institute of Palaeontology, Würzburg (Paleo21): Paleobiology in the 21st Century.
Christoph Heubeck, Sabine Schmidt, Hans-Jürgen Götze, Ulla and Michael Schudack, David Völker, Christoph Dobmeier, Joachim Müller, Henry Wuttke and Henriette Peters, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin: Die Erde. An introduction to Geosciences. Go to: Ereignisse der Erdgeschichte (in German).
John Horgan, Scientific American: Life, Life Everywhere.
HowComYouCom.com: Education 2001, Leaving the Water.
M. Alan Kazlev, Kheper website, Australia: Palaeontology.
Susan M. Kidwell and Karl W. Flessa: THE QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD: Populations, Species, and Communities.- Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 1996 24: 433-464. Full Online Access via Annual Reviews, Go to Annual Reviews Search Page (Biomedical Sciences), Search for "Kidwell" (Field Author, Last Name).
H. Richard Lane, Amoco Corporation, Houston, Texas: Paleontology in the 21st Century or Which Way Ought Paleontology Proceed from Here? From PALAIOS, Volume 12.2, April 1997.
Stephen A. Leslie, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock: Paleobiology. Paleobiology lecture notes in brief.
Edward Lipson, Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY: Science for the 21 Century, Lecture XVI — Origin of Life, and Lecture XIV — What is Life? Lecture slides.
Ronald J. Litwin, Robert E. Weems, and Thomas R. Holtz, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver (Maintained by Eastern Publications Group Web Team): Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction.
Rosalie F. Maddocks, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston: PRINCIPLES OF PALEOBIOLOGY. Lecture notes.
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC: The Earth Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation has sponsored a number of workshops in the last year that have turned out white papers suggesting important research directions for the next 10 to 15 years. These white papers can be accessed via "The National Research Council Page". Once in the website, click on "Current Studies" and then go to "Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at NSF". Go to: DYNAMIC HISTORY OF THE EARTH-LIFE SYSTEM: A REPORT TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ON RESEARCH DIRECTIONS IN PALEONTOLOGY. Report of NSF-sponsored workshop "Geobiology and the Earth Sciences in the Next Decade", March 6-9, 1999, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
NATURE, Nature Debates: Andrew Smith, Department of Palaeontology, the Natural History Museum, London: Is the fossil record adequate? This debate introduces the topic and the conflicting viewpoints that surround it.
Wolfgang Oschmann, Christian Dullo, Volker Mosbrugger & Fritz F. Steininger, "PALÄONTOLOGIE IM 21. JAHRHUNDERT": Evolution des Systems Erde: Geobiologische und paläobiologische Prozesse als Antrieb. Palaeontology explained in a nutshell(in German).
Wolfgang Oschmann, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Frankfurt a.M.: Phasen der Evolution des Systems Erde: Es gibt keinen Stillstand (in German).
The Paleontological Society: DYNAMIC HISTORY OF THE EARTH-LIFE SYSTEM: A REPORT TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ON RESEARCH DIRECTIONS IN PALEONTOLOGY. This is the report of an NSF-sponsored workshop "Geobiology and the Earth Sciences in the Next Decade", March 6-9, 1999, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Paleontology in the 21st Century (An International Senckenberg Conference and Workshop):
Reports and Recommendations.
In early September 1997, 108 paleontologists and allied individuals from 30 countries
met at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
The purpose of the Senckenberg workshop
was to initiate and nurture a dialogue concerning the
future of palaeontology.
See also:
ROBERT A. GASTALDO,
Department of Geology, Auburn University,
GAIL ASHLEY, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
H. RICHARD LANE, Houston,
NORMAN MacLEOD, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London,
BRIAN J. O'NEILL, Shell Offshore Inc., New Orleans, and
WANG CHENG-YUAN, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, People's Republic of China:
Paleontology in The 21st Century: An International Workshop.
From PALAIOS, Volume 13.1,February 1998.
Doreen Rößler, Technische Universität, Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany: Geologisches Oberseminar 2000/2001, Phänomene und Ursachen der Kambrischen Explosion. In German (PDF-file).
J. William Schopf, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, the Molecular Biology Institute, and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), University of California, Los Angeles: Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils. Go to: Chapter 1: Darwin's Dilemma, and Chapter 2: Birth of a New Field of Science. Sample chapters, provided by Princetown University Press. Sample chapters actually have been mounted for professors' convenience in evaluating books for class use.
Michon Scott, Strange Science. The rocky road to modern palaeontology and biology. Worth checking out: Timeline. A chronology of some important events in the history of paleontology and biology.
SpaceRef.com: NASA's astrobiology home page. For instance: Life in Extreme Environments.
Paul K. Strother, Weston Observatory of Boston College, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Weston: Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth. This course is being designed to use the www in lieu of a textbook. To use this website most effectively, go to the lecture notes and click on a specific lecture topic. This will bring up lecture notes or a content outline (if available) and additional www links to specific topics covered in the course lecture.
Ellen Thomas, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut: Biological Diversity and Evolution through Time. Lecture notes ("notes") and palaeontological links.
Ron Thomas and Carl Wozniak, The Glenn T. Seaborg Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Northern Michigan University: Earth History Resources. Easy to understand introductions. On this web page you will find many graphic images designed for use in the development of either an on-line Internet or interactive multimedia project related to Earth History. These images consist of photographs of dioramas, fossils and models, and computer generated images and drawings. These images are provided royalty free for educational purposes.
Udo Zindel and Detlef Clas, Südwestrundfunk 2:
Erdzeit - Wie die Welt wurde, was sie ist.
Netzwerk ohne Grenzen: Das Zusammenspiel der Arten.
Easy-to-understand real audio file, online-script and references (in German).
Script also available via e-mail.
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