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American Museum of Natural History: Proganochelys -
Provides information on Proganochelys which is the most primitive turtle known, first appearing about 210 million years ago.
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Fossils/Specimens/proganochelys.html Angellis -
Images and information about dinosaur genera as well as some non-dinosaur vertebrate taxa.
www.angellis.net/ The Archosauria -
The great archosaur lineage includes crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs and many other diapsids. Information on their fossil record, life history, ecology, systematics and morphology.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/archosauria.html Australia's Lost Kingdoms -
Exhibit from the Australian Museum covering Australia's fossil history from 110 million years ago.
www.lostkingdoms.com/ Extinct Animal -
Learn about prehistoric, recently extinct, and endangered species of vertebrates.
www.extinctanimal.com/ Fossil Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds -
Information on these fossils from the American Museum of Natural History with a gallery of fossil images.
paleo.amnh.org/Collections/FARB/FARBColl.htm Introduction to the Sphenodontidae -
Provides information on the pleurosaurs and the Tuatara, the only species of sphenodontid alive today and little changed in appearance from the sphenodontids living 150 million years ago.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/lepidos/sphenodontidae.html Laboratory for Environmental Biology: Vertebrate Paleobiology -
Provides information on the collection of over 70,000 Pleistocene fossils at the Centennial Museum, primarily from New Mexican cave faunas, with a checklist of Late Pleistocene fossil taxa from the El Paso region.
www.utep.edu/LEB/collect/paleo/paleo.htm Modern Forms: Basal Amniote Evolution -
Diagram showing extinctions and diversifications of major groups of amniotes over time.
palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/dicynodontia/modern%20forms.html Palaeozoic Microvertebrates -
Microvertebrate page from the University of Alberta.
www.biology.ualberta.ca/wilson.hp/Paleozoic.html Paleoneurology -
The study of brain casts of extinct vertebrates.
brainmuseum.org/Evolution/paleo/ PrehistoricPlanet.com -
Dinosaur and fossil news and features including interviews with paleontologists and interactive science modules.
www.prehistoricplanet.com/ So You Want To Be a Paleontologist? -
Advice on how to become a paleontologist and which colleges offer programs in vertebrate paleontology.
www.psych.ucsb.edu/~rowe/dinosaur/FAQs.html SuperCroc -
Information on the crocodile Sarchosuchus imperator with interactive games and movie clips.
www.supercroc.org/ Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ -
Provides a discussion on the explanation for the gaps that exist in the fossil record between different groups of vertebrates.
www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1a.html#amph1 Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ -
A large, but by no means complete, list of transitional fossils that are known.
www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional.html Turtles: Business as Usual -
Article on turtles which were the most abundant and diverse reptiles in Paleocene faunas with about 50 genera known from Paleocene sediments.
www.paleocene-mammals.de/turtles.htm U. Texas - Vertebrate Paleontology Lab -
Research and collections information from the VP lab of the Texas Memorial Museum (UT, Austin).
www.tmm.utexas.edu/vpl/ Vertebrate Paleontology -
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents current research and news on this topic..
www.carnegiemnh.org/vp/
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