DINOSAUR-RELATED WEBSITES
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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
The AMNH has the largest collection and largest exhibits of dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates anywhere in the world.
DINOBASE
palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/links.html
This a compendium site with much information on dinosaurs, such as when they were named and other useful facts.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE
THE FIELD MUSEUM
This is the home of “Sue” the T. rex. Their exhibits also include a Herrerasaurus.
GEOLOGIC TIMESCALE FOUNDATION
engineering.purdue.edu/Stratigraphy/charts/educational.html
One of the best places to find educational time charts and posters.
GLOBAL PALEOGEOGRAPHY
www2.nau.edu/rcb7/globehighres.html
One of the best sources for maps of the past Earth. This a great site for teachers.
LAELAPS
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/blog/laelaps/
A blog by science writer and paleontology student Brian Switek, covering all sorts of natural history (including dinosaurs).
MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html
The University of California’s Museum of Paleontology website is built to reflect the relationships of different groups of animals, plants, and organisms through time. This page discusses dinosaurs as a whole, and there are links to other pages that discuss all the major groups of dinosaurs, their anatomy, and their history, plus links to other major museums.
MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES PALEONTOLOGY DEPARTMENT
This is the home of Jack Horner, who was the inspiration for Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park movies. The Museum of the Rockies’ exhibits are more extensive than those of museums in many major cities.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON
One of the oldest and grandest natural history museums in the world, the Natural History Museum is still a center of dinosaur research.
OCEANS OF KANSAS PALEONTOLOGY
Great information about the varied marine life of the Late Cretaceous. See the marine reptiles, fish, and shellfish that swam the Cretaceous seas where Kansas is now!
THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
This is a great society for all kinds of paleontology, including fossil plants and invertebrates. Many professionals subscribe to their e-newsletter.
ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY
The home page of western Canada’s most important museum, featuring a tour of the RTMP’s exhibits as well as updates from field expeditions in Canada, Argentina, and elsewhere.
SCIENCE DAILY
A great place for up-to-the-minute news about fossils.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/
This is the first museum to have a “virtual tour” of their entire dinosaur hall—and the home of the first fully “digital” Triceratops.
SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
The home page for the premier professional organization of dinosaur scientists and their colleagues in vertebrate paleontology. Provides information about upcoming technical conferences, journals, FAQs, schools, and so forth.
SO YOU WANT TO BE A PALEONTOLOGIST?
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/so-you-want-to-be-a-paleontologist-43495392
This is an FAQ about how to start your career in vertebrate paleontology.
THE TREE OF LIFE PROJECT: DINOSAURIA
An international multi-year project to map out the entire “Tree of Life,” with detailed information on all organisms, past and present. This link is to the dinosaur part of the tree.
YALE PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
The Peabody Museum was where many critical discoveries in dinosaur paleontology were made in the 19th and 20th centuries. Make sure you visit the page about the famous mural The Age of Reptiles by Rudolph Zallinger.