Directory of Vertebrates Resources

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Vertebrate paleontology is the study of ancient animals with backbones: fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds.

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• Salientia
• Synapsids
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Resources in This Category

• Angellis

  http://www.angellis.net/
  Images and information about dinosaur genera as well as some non-dinosaur vertebrate taxa.

• Australia's Lost Kingdoms

  http://australianmuseum.net.au/Australias-extinct-animals
  Exhibit from the Australian Museum covering Australia's fossil history from 110 million years ago.

• Introduction to the Sphenodontidae

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/lepidos/sphenodontidae.html
  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.

• Laboratory for Environmental Biology: Vertebrate Paleobiology

  http://www.utep.edu/LEB/collect/paleo/paleo.htm
  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.

• Modern Forms: Basal Amniote Evolution

  http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/dicynodontia/modern%20forms.html
  Diagram showing extinctions and diversifications of major groups of amniotes over time.

• Palaeozoic Microvertebrates

  http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/wilson.hp/Paleozoic.html
  Microvertebrate page from the University of Alberta.

• Paleoneurology

  http://brainmuseum.org/Evolution/paleo/
  The study of brain casts of extinct vertebrates.

• PrehistoricPlanet.com

  http://www.prehistoricplanet.com/
  Dinosaur and fossil news and features including interviews with paleontologists and interactive science modules.

• The Archosauria

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/archosauria.html
  The great archosaur lineage includes crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs and many other diapsids. Information on their fossil record, life history, ecology, systematics and morphology.

• Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ

  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional.html
  A large, but by no means complete, list of transitional fossils that are known.

• Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ

  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1a.html#amph1
  Provides a discussion on the explanation for the gaps that exist in the fossil record between different groups of vertebrates.

• Turtles: Business as Usual

  http://www.paleocene-mammals.de/turtles.htm
  Article on turtles which were the most abundant and diverse reptiles in Paleocene faunas with about 50 genera known from Paleocene sediments.

• Vertebrate Paleontology

  http://www.carnegiemnh.org/vp/
  The Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents current research and news on this topic..

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