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Below is a list of my favorite science and art related links I have chosen these websites for their excellence as educational resources for both kids and adults. I have tried to find sites reflecting many aspects of paleontology and science.
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The Palaeos Site is dedicated to providing a detailed and - at least in parts - comprehensive overview of the history of life on Earth- Dinosaur directory and information on the web Artist Stephen Preistley's excellent website full of info on these fascinatin' critters. Its also full of his great art. Excellent website covering the latest developments in dinosaur paleontology What the hell is a Eucynodont? check out this informative website to find out Excellent website featuring fossils from the White River Badlands Good comprehensive website on our backboned forefathers Richard Forest's great website on those long-necked fish snatchers. Fossil reptiles of the South African Karoo More important information on Permian Therapsids from the South African Museum Sean Cooper is offering for sale his excellent sculptures of prehistoric mammals. That's right, mammals! There is lots of other interesting things on his site as well. Check out his "Mechanosaurs" Mike Keesey's Herculean website has lots of information on dinosaurs, and a huge art gallery. John Rafert has created the premier site for great dinosaur sculptures and artwork. You could spend hours on this one. I have! A fantastic site all about the extinct mammalian fauna of Agate Springs Nebraska, that lived during the Miocene epoch. We need more prehistoric mammal sites like this one! Mike Everhart has created An excellent educational website all about the marine fauna that inhabited the epicontinental sea which covered the mid-western united states during the late Cretaceous. Lots of great artwork and skeleton photographs. The best links page about dinosaurs on the web. (That I know of ) An excellent website all about the latest discoveries and happenings in paleontology Russian paleontological institute This site has some excellent information on the Permian Tetrapod fauna of Asia. Including Therapsids, Parieasaurs and a lot of other cool extinct critters. Lots of good photographs. Extensive bibliography by authors, list of specimens in U.K. museums, pterosaurs by geological age, support in identifying specimens, enquiries and schools pages Hans Thewissen's comprehensive website about the evolutionary history of whales. With pages about individual species such as Ambulocetus, Basilosaurus and many others. Paleocene mammals of the world The Paleocene is a crucial time in the history mammals. Unfortunately, mammal fossils from this epoch are either scarce or entirely unknown in many parts of the world. An excellent mammal website by Martin Jehle. The Tetrapods have landed! This site has some good information on the lost inhabitants of the Red Hill formation of central Pennsylvania. A web site which details the discovery and natural history of Thylacoleo, an Australian marsupial of the Pleistocene Epoch. Includes detailed information and many good photographs of thylacoleonid fossils. Explore humanity's passage from early ape species such as Ardipithecus ramidus, various bipedal apes (Australopithecus species), the tool using Homo habilis, Neanderthals and modern man. Paleontology and fossil Resources Jack Mount's superb page of paleontology links. You could spend hours on this site.
North American Paleofaunal Mammalian Database Excellent information on the fossil mammal record of North America.
National Park Service-Paleontology Learn about the fossil heritage found in Americas National Parks.
Find some of the best scholarly books available on Paleontology.
A page full of links about many aspects of animal anatomy and function.
Lots of links with information on all aspects of paleobotany, much of it very technical but understandable.
Will Downs has translated many technical Chinese paleontology papers that you can download as a PDF file. Most of the papers are on fossil mammals.
Australian Prehistoric Mammals The fossil Mammals of Riversleigh. Very nice reconstructions! Cave Bears and Humans-the war for habitation Very interesting piece on the fossil evidence of the Cave Bear-human interaction during the Pleistocene. essentially a gateway to the
home pages of over 150 journals that regularly publish papers
If you know of any good educational websites that I should include here, or if any of these links are outdated, or if you would like to exchange links please contact me.
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