Paleontology/External Resources
Study guides
[edit | edit source]Courses and Degrees
[edit | edit source]Undergraduate
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Additional readings
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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