Websites

WARNING: There is plenty of incorrect material posted about dinosaurs (and about any other topic you can name!!) on the web. Let the web surfer beware! Below are some of the better sites.

• The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History Dinosaur Tour
• The dinosaur pages of the University of California Museum of Paleontology Website
• The Fossil Halls of the American Museum of Natural Hitory
• The Field Museum of Natural History's exhibits on Life through Time and on Sue: the T. rex
• London's Natural History Museum's Dinosaur Database
• The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History's exhibits on the famous Age of Reptiles mural and on China's Feathered Dinosaurs

Some other dinosaur-rich museums are:

• The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta
• The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana
• The Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• The North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh, NC
• and many, many more

Non Museum-based Sites of Interest:

• A glossary of anatomical and stratigraphic terms from vertebrate paleontology
• The Dinosauricon is a website created by a former UMCP Honors student, with very up-to-date information, and some computer animation sequences.
• Thescelosaurus!, Justin Sweet's compilation of dinosaur names and relationships.
• Dinodata, with much information on dinosaur names, classifications, discoveries, and breaking news. Requires free registration.
• Dinosauria On Line is a collection of news items, essays, and other information on dinosaurs. It includes an Etymology and Pronunciation Guide of dinosaur, pterosaur, and other fossil reptile names.
• Dino Russ's Lair, with links galore!
• The Dinosaur Mailing List Archives is a compilation of the old postings from the dinosaur listserve group (see below).
• The Rex Files is a collection of dinosaur-related articles and news items from the British science reports magazine New Scientist.
• Yahoo! News maintains a website with links to recent news postings about dinosaurs and paleontology in general.
• The international, multi-author Tree of Life project has begun to develop their Dinosauria pages; the Tyrannosauridae and related pages were developed by Dr. Holtz
• There are several good sites about paleogeography (maps of Earth at different stages of Earth History). The Paleomap Project has Earth History section and Dr. Ron Blakely's website are both highly recommended!
• A look at dinosaur trace fossils

On-Line Interactive Activities

• Understanding Evolution, a GREAT introduction/reveiw of the topic, its history, and related disciplines for college undergradutes (or graduates, or private citizens, or pretty much anyone else!)
• "Understanding Geologic Time", an online interactive introductory exercise from the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
• "Getting Into the Fossil Record", an introductory exercise about taphonomy from UCMP
• "What Did T. rex Taste Like?", an interactive online exhibit on cladistics from UCMP
• Dinosaur Speed Calculator from the University of Sheffield

Paleo-Blogs

• Tetrapod Zoology, by palaeontologist Darren Naish
• Laelaps, by student Brian Switek
• Ask Dr. Vector, by paleontologist Matt Wedel
• Palaeoblog, but palaeontologist Michael Ryan
• The Hairy Museum of Natural History, by paleontologist and paleoartist Matt Celeskey
• The Ethical Palaeontologist, by graduate student Julia Heathcote
• Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week, exactly what the name says!!
• Everything Dinosaur
• Mark Witton's Paintings and Photos
• When Pigs Fly Return, by Zach Miller
• Raptor's Nest, by graduate student Manabu Sakamoto

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Last modified: 8 August 2008