GEL 230 - Prehistoric Life: Websites & Videos

The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life is an open access "textbook" about fossils and the history of life on Earth.

From the (University of California Museum of Paleontology provides fossil records, life history & ecology, systematics, and more about dinosaurs.

The USGS collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides science about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems - past, present, and future. A search box allows you to enter search terms of your choice.

Available from the Geological Society of America, the Geologic Time Scale v.5 (2018). Previous versions are also available.

Radiometric and fission-track age determinations of geologic materials from the continental US and Alaska.

The focus of the Non-Vertebrate Plaeontology Labotatory is invertebrate and paleobotanical fossils but these are complemented by a wealth of recent marine, freshwater and terrestrial specimens, and an extensive rock, mineral and impact-related collection.

This site,produced by the University of California Museum of Paleontology, the Paleontological Society, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, and the United States Geological Survey, 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.

From the University of California's Museum of Paleontology, a site that describes the history of plate techtonics.

The Department of Paleobiology assembles and curates fossil collections that are studied by scientists from around the country and the world.

From the University of California-Berkley's UC Museum of Paleontology, Understanding Evolution (UE) is a non-commercial, education website, for teaching and learning about the science of evolutionary biology. This site is here to help you understand what evolution is, how it works, and how it factors into your life.

General strengths of the collections are in its holdings from Early Permian terrestrial sediments, Late Triassic terrestrial sediments, Late Cretaceous marine and terrestrial sediments, Tertiary terrestrial sediments, and rich Quaternary cave deposits. The collections also include representative vertebrate fossils from other parts of the world that date back to the Ordovician, and casts of important specimens held in other museums.

The Virtual Fossil Museum is an educational resource dedicated to fossils and evolution. High-quality pictures of fossils are presented that are organized by fossil sites and systematics. Geological history, paleobiology, phylogenetics and evolutionary biology are among information provided.