Paleontology

See also Dinosaurs and Archaeology and Anthropology

Pittsburgh Region

• Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Research
  CMNH in Pittsburgh does research in the fields of paleobotany, vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology. See what is being done locally.

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey
  Educational publications about Pennsylvania fossils from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
  • Common Fossils of Pennsylvania (pdf format)

Nearby States

• Falls of the Ohio State Park
  The Falls of the Ohio State Park's 386-million-year-old fossil beds are among the largest naturally exposed Devonian fossil beds in the world.
• Fossil Collecting in Ohio
  This GeoFacts brochure from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources tells about the fossils in Ohio.
• Plant Fossils of West Virginia
  Plant fossils of the Pennsylvanian Period are showcased, collected from the Allegheny, Kanawha, New River, and Pocahontas Formations

United States

• American Museum of Natural History: Division of Paleontology
  
• Becoming Human
  This website created by the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University, offers information and resources on human origins.
• Fossil Mysteries
  This online exhibit from the San Diego Natural History Museum includes a Fossil Field Guide
• National Museum of Natural History: Department of Paleobiology
  Visit this Washington DC museum that is part of the Smithsonian.
• NOAA Paleoclimatology
  Learn about the study of past climates.
  • North American Drought: A Paleo Perspective
    Learn about the paleological evidence for droughts in North America
• The Paleontology Portal
  The Paleontology Portal is a resource for anyone interested in paleontology, from the professional in the lab to the interested amateur scouting for fossils to the student in any classroom. It gathers many different resources into a single entry "portal" to paleontological information on the Internet. It is especially useful for finding information on the paleontology of your state. The site was produced by the University of California Museum of Paleontology, the Paleontological Society, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, and the United States Geological Survey.
• PaleoQuest: A Virtual World Where Dinosaurs Reside
  The NASA-supported Center for Educational Technologies (CET) at nearby Wheeling Jesuit University is working on a five-year PaleoQuest program to develop an outstanding web-based paleontology resource for use by educators, students, scientists, and dinosaur enthusiasts.
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
  Includes an Education and Public Interest Corner with PaleoFAQs, PaleoProfiles, and Resources for Teaching Evolution.
• Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology & Biology
  According it its creator, Micon Scott, this is "an eclectic collection of old illustrations assembled by an ordinary Web user" that illustrates the weird ideas that some biologists and paleontologist had on their way to modern science. A bibliography for further reading is included.

• University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
  One of the first paleontological exhibits online, this website has loads of information about paleontology, geologic time periods, a Virtual Paleobotany Lab that is part of Integrative Biology 181/181L, "The Evolution of Plants through Geologic Time" at UC Berkeley.

International

• Fossils of Nova Scotia
  For its small size, Nova Scotia is unusually rich in fossils. You can view pictures of over a hundred fossils in the Nova Scotia Museum Fossil Gallery.
• The Stone Pages
  "A guide to European megaliths," this site covers prehistoric stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows and hillforts in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy. In addition it has a well orgazized and comprehensive collection of links to other websites about megaliths.