Paleontology Selected Online Resources

This page provides a selection of links to other World Wide Web sites dealing with Paleontology and related disciplines. Links and pointers to non-USGS sites are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement, express or implied, by the USGS, U.S. Deptartment of the Interior, or U.S. Government, of the organizations, their suitability, content, products, or services, whether they are governmental, educational, commercial, or any other institutions.

Museums and Museum Exhibits

• Paleontology Museums by State, New Mexico Friends of Paleontology

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
• British Natural History Museum, London, UK
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
• Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL
• Hooper Natural History Museum, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Natural History Museum, Berne, Switzerland
• Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
• University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, MI
• University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Lincoln, NE

Academic Departments and Research Groups

Paleontological Societies and Organizations

• American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP)
• British Micropalaeontological Society (BMS)
• Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP)
• Dinosaur Society
• International Nannoplankton Association (INA)
• International Organisation of Palaeobotany (IOP)
• International Working Group on Palaeozoic Microvertebrates
• Paleontological Society (PS)

Other Geological Surveys

• U.S. State Geological Surveys (Yahoo)
• British Geological Survey
• Geological Survey of Canada || Paleontology || Canadian Links

Listservers and FAQ's

• Mollusc Evolution Listserver

• Frequently Asked Questions about Paleontology

Invertebrate Groups

Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrate Groups

Plant Groups

Online Bibliographies

• Smithsonian Collections and Research Information || Bibliographies
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates
• Spores and Pollen (AASP Palydisks)
• Trace Fossil Bibliography

Online Databases

• University of California Museum of Paleontology's Paleontological Collection Catalogs and Related Resources - Very comprehensive.

• Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia) Paleontological Collections (Gopher)
• Dinosaur Database, University of Bristol, UK
• Goniat - Paleozoic Ammonoid Database System, Tübingen University, Germany
• Key to the Common Genera of Neogene Shark Teeth
• Malacology Collection Databases, Florida Museum of Natural History
• North American Mammalian Paleofaunal Database, John Alroy
• Plant Fossil Record, International Organisation of Palaeobotany
• Recent and Fossil Mollusca Systematic Research Collections
• Smithsonian Collections and Research Information: Collections || Reference Databases
• Spores and Pollen (AASP Palydisks)
• Trace Fossil Image Database, Anthony Martin, Emory University
• Tree of Life, University of Arizona (Phylogeny and Biodiversity)
• University of California Museum of Paleontology On-Line Collections Catalogs:
  • Invertebrate || Microfossil || Paleobotany || Vertebrate Type Collections
• USGS Photoglossary of Marine and Continental Ichnofossils

Online Publications

Virtual Field Trips

Other Site Lists

• PaleoNet (West) - Very comprehensive.
• University of California Museum of Paleontology's Paleontology Resources - Very comprehensive.
• Yahoo - Paleontology - Very comprehensive.

• Micropalaeontological Web Sites (British Micropalaeontological Society)
• Smithsonian Dept. of Paleobiology's Paleontology Links
• Jack Mount's Paleontology Resources (University of Arizona Library)
• The Paleo Ring
• Klaus-Peter Kelber's Links for Palaeobotanists