Paleo Links
Reference
Collecting Locality
Publications
- Texas Sharks has "The Collector's Guide to Fossil Sharks and Rays From the Cretaceous of Texas" by Bruce J. Welton, Ph. D. and Roger F. Farish.
- Houston Gem and Mineral Society their Paleontological Division has great publications.
- BBC Science & Environment page often has paleo related articles.
- Public Library of Science
- Palaentologia Electronica is an electronic journal.
Fossil/paleo/geology clubs and related societies
- Paleontological Society of Austin
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology publishes the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
- SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology. Formerly the Society for Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists) publishes PALAIOS
- Southwest Paleontological Society
- MyFossil Interactive map of societies and clubs in the United States provided my MyFossil.org. Their list below the map includes some international organizations.
Museums and educational
- Perot Museum of nature and Science (formerly the Dallas Museum of Natural History)
- Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
- The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary
- Shuler Museum of Paleontology at Southern Methodist University
- Mayborn Museum at Baylor University
- Waco Mammoth National Monument in Waco, TX
- Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta
- https://theshermanmuseum.org/ The Sherman Museum, Sherman, TX
- http://texasthroughtime.org/ Texas Through Time, Hillsboro, TX
- https://www.wmnh.org/ Whiteside Museum, Seymour, TX
- North Texas Fossils website by Lance Hall has lots of photos to aid identification.
- TXFossils website by Rodney Wise with lots of photos for Identification.
- Paleomap Project by Dr. Cristopher R. Scotese.
Research
- Paleobiology Database Research collections of practically everything world wide.
- Fossils of the Gault Clay
- UK Fossil Collecting: Locations, geologic map of England, Wales, and Scotland.
Retail
- Nature's Gallery (972) 446-1994 1102 S Elm St, Carrollton, TX 75006 naturesgallery@yahoo.com
- Bureau of Economic Geology The Publications link has geologic maps and much more.
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