Links

• Australian fossils and dinosaur websites
• Non-Australian fossils and dinosaur websites
• Chinese Dinosaur Links
• Fossil and dinosaur news
• Games and activities

Australian fossils and dinosaur websites

• More Than Dinosaurs: Australian Museum exhibition
  http://www.amonline.net.au/exhibitions/dinosaur_contents.htm
• Fossil Sites of Australia: Australian Museum
  Details important fossil sites in Australia. Includes links to other sites.
  http://www.amonline.net.au/fossil_sites/index.htm
• Australia's Lost Kingdoms
  Australian megafauna: fact sheets, time line, activities.
  http://www.lostkingdoms.com/
• Dann's Dinosaur Reconstructions
  Comprehensive look at Australian dinosaurs and fossil sites.
  http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/
  Fossils and Dinosaurs from Australia and New Zealand: Enchanted Learning
  US-based educational directory with extensive information and links.
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
  dinofossils/locations/Australia.shtml
• Australian Dinosaurs: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  Part of the ABC's Meet the Dinosaurs site.
  http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/meet_the_dinos/ozdino1.htm
• Fossils Minfact: Department of Mineral Resources, New South Wales
  General information about fossils, fossil formation, collecting and naming fossils.
  http://www.minerals.nsw.gov.au/minfacts/61.htm
• Fossicking Minfact: Department of Mineral Resources, New South Wales
  How and where to fossick in New South Wales. Includes information on legal issues.
  http://www.minerals.nsw.gov.au/minfacts/05.htm
• Canowindra Age of Fishes
  Information about the history and significance of the fossil fish site in Canowindra, New South Wales.
  http://www.octec.org.au/ctwater/fishes.htm
• Prehistoric Life: Museum of Victoria. An illustrated overview of fossils, dinosaurs and related topics.
  http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/prehistoric/

Non-Australian fossils and dinosaur websites

• Fossils and dinosaurs: Enchanted Learning
  General Information about fossils and dinosaurs for kids.
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
• The Record of Time: An Introduction to the World of Fossils and Dating Methods
  General information on fossils and fossil dating from Dr D. O'Neil, Palomar College. Includes links.
  http://anthro.palomar.edu/time/Default.htm
• Walking With Dinosaurs: BBC TV
  Site to complement the BBC TV show. Includes information and activities as well as related links.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/index.shtml
• Walking with Beasts: BBC TV
  Site to complement the BBC TV show. Includes information and activities as well as related links.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/
• New Scientist: Useful Dinosaur links
  http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/dinosaurs/dinolinks.jsp
• Fossils: Californian Department Conservation, Division of Mining and Geology
  General information about fossils and their formation.
  http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dmg/pubs/notes/51/index.htm
• Fossils and Fossil Collecting
  Part of Kids' Ark, a cyber space station for kids from Britain.
  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/fossils/index.htm
• The Dinosauricon
  http://dinosauricon.com/
• Fossil Web
  A US-based resource for identifying fossils.
  http://www.fossilweb.com/
• Becoming a Palaeontologist
  Hints on what to study and which universities to attend (US site).
  http://www.cisab.indiana.edu/~mrowe/dinosaur-FAQ.html
• Dinosphere, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  Dinosaur facts and FAQs
  http://tcm.childrensmuseum.org/dinosphere/index.htm
• Miguasha Park, Quebec
  Devonian fossil beds.
  http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/unesco/migwasha/
  miguasha_e.htm
• Dr Per E. Ahlberg, Researcher: Fossil Fishes, The Natural History Museum, London. Collaborator with Dr Zerina Johanson on the Sarcopterygian fishes of Canowindra, New South Wales
  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/palaeontology/v&a/pea/pea.html
• Vertebrate Paleontology, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  Assistant Curator: Ted Daeschler
• http://www.acnatsci.org/research/biodiv/paleo.html
• Catskill Project
  Late Devonian-age Catskill Formation in Pennsylvania
  http://www.acnatsci.org/research/biodiv/paleocatskills.html
• Devonian Times
  http://www.devoniantimes.org/
• International Palaeontologicl Association: PaleoLink database
  http://ipa.geo.ukans.edu:591/PaleoLink/paleolink.html
• The K-T Extinction Boundary: Selected Primary Scientific References
  http://www.scn.org/~bh162/extinction_refs.html
• Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre
  http://www.discoverfossils.com/

Chinese Dinosaur Links

• Dinosaur Expedition 2001: Chinese-American Dinosaur Expedition
  http://www.projectexploration.org/mongolia/index.htm
• Yale Peabody Museum: China's Feathered Dinosaurs
  http://www.peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/cfd/CFDsino.html
• Fossils found in Asia: Enchanted Learning.com
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
  dinofossils/locations/Asia.shtml
• BBC News article: 'Modern' feathers found on Chinese dino [Wednesday, 6 March, 2002]
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1858574.stm

Fossil and dinosaur news

• The Rex Files
  Dinosaurs in the news from the science magazine, New Scientist.
  http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/dinosaurs/dinosaurs.jsp
• Tiny Fossil Makes Big Impact
  Monash University Newsletter reporting the small mammal jaw bone found by Tom Rich and Pat Vickers-Rich.
  http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/msc/newsletter/news6.htm
• News in Science: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  All the latest science headlines from Australia and around the world.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/
• The Geology Society: News
  http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=geonews
• Yahoo: dinosaur discoveries
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/science/
  dinosaur_discoveries/
• Yahoo: Palaeontology
  http://d1.dir.snv.yahoo.com/science/earth_sciences/paleontology/
• The Paleo Ring
  http://www.pitt.edu/~mattf/paleoring.html
• Extinctions - fossil and dino news on the internet
  http://www.extinctions.com/extinctions_com/
  extinctions_com/home/extinctions.pl?news
• Paleontology - selected online resources
  http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/paleonet.shtml
• University of California Museum of Palaeontology resources
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/subway/paleo.html
• University of Arizona - Paleontology and Fossil Resources
  http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/users/mount/paleont.html
• Earth Science, Australia: Palaeontology - Fossils
  http://geologyone.com/esa/palaeo/palaeo.html
• Riversleigh/Naracoorte World Heritage Fossil Sites, Australia
  http://www.thesalmons.org/lynn/wh-riversleigh.html
• BBC News: Sci/Tech article - Dino heatwave recorded in leaves
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/
  newsid_2038000/2038599.stm

Games and activities

• Australia's Lost Kingdoms Games
  http://www.lostkingdoms.com/games/index.htm
• Choose the right tools for a fossil dig
  http://www.dinosgone.org/toolkit/
• Dinosaur Playground: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/dino_playground/default.htm
• Dinosaur Dig, Kids' Habitat: San Diego Natural History Museum
  http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/dinosaur/index.html
• Walking With Dinosaurs (including the Big Al Game), BBC TV
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/index.shtml
• National Dinosaur Museum Activities
  http://www.nationaldinosaurmuseum.com.au/activities.htm
• The UCMP web site has interactive educational modules. "Adventures at Dry Creek" introduces students to the study of microfossils, based on an actual dig site in Montana, and "Evolution of Flight" looks into the evidence supporting the theropod origin of birds and the development of avian flight.
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html

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