Paleontology/External Resources

Study guides

• EvoWiki.org related material

Undergraduate

Units at Monash University as a template. Other Universities' structures will be viewed, and an appropriate course structure will be developed.

• Cardiff Univertity School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Undergraduate streem.
• Syllabus for the Ohio State University.

Masters

Sample degrees offered at various Universities.

• University of Bristol Palaeobiology Masters degree
• Cardiff University School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

External links to news and other information

• Bubl links on palaeontology
• The Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group
• Berkeley University Introduction to Palaeontology
• ABC Science in Australia
• The palaeontology portal.
• Palaeontology Department Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom.
• Science daily information about new fossil species

Publications

• The Palaeontological Association
• Elements of Geology, The Student's Series, Written by Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., F.R.S., (1871) at Geology.com

Blogs and forums on Palaeontology

• Palaeoblog
• Tetrapod Zoology blog
• International fossil forum

Additional readings

• Wikipedia:Paleontology
• Wikibooks:Purpose/2. Life/Endnotes
• s:The New Student's Reference Work/Fossil
• s:The Origin of Species
• Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. A good site for the taxonomy of vertebrate species.
• Palaeos.org A wiki on taxonomy.
• The first Palaeos site.

Books

• General

Guide to Fossils 2003, by Philip's, Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London. ISBN 0-540-08374-7.

• Geology

McGeary. D and Plummer.C.C (1994), Physical Geology Earthe revealed, Wm . C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque. ISBN 0-697-12687-0.

External news

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5220784.stm Australian 'Nessie' fossils found .
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060929-sea-monster.html New Species of Ancient Sea Creature Discovered -- Under Ping-Pong Table.
• http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16215340.htm Bay Area scientist reveals rare fossil discovery in Antarctica.
• http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/1862805.htm?ancient Spiky oddball once prowled ocean by Will Dunham