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A curated list of websites, databases, and online resources relevant to paleoheritage, fossil collecting, and the documentation of the fossil record. Maintained as a public resource.
Missouri and Regional
Lake Neosho
Barry Sutton's landmark documentation of Pennsylvanian fossils from the I-170 road cut in St. Louis. Now stewarded by Paleoheritage.
Dr. Bruce's Geology and Other Curiosities
YouTube channel by the late Dr. Bruce Stinchcomb, Missouri's own geology and fossil authority.
Before Man: Prehistoric Life of St. Louis
Web resource documenting the deep geological and fossil history of St. Louis City and County.
Pterodactyls Buzz St. Louis Community College
Smithsonian Magazine, 2009. Riley Black reports on a pterosaur fossil discovery with direct St. Louis connections.
Dinosaurs and Cavemen Science Expo 2016
Documentation of a regional fossil and science expo. A record of public fossil engagement in Columbia, Missouri.
Lost World Studios / Guy Darrough
Site of self-taught paleontologist, preparator, and illustrator Guy Darrough, whose fieldwork and contributions to Missouri paleontology span four decades. Includes documentation of the Chronister dinosaur site and significant Ordovician finds in Missouri.
Independent Research and Documentation
Equatorial Minnesota
Long-running, rigorously researched blog on Midwest paleontology, NPS fossil resources, and Ordovician stratigraphy.
Fossils of Parks Township
Independent Pennsylvanian invertebrate paleontology research from western Pennsylvania. Rigorous, archival.
Donald Kenney's Fossil Site Database
One person's decades-long effort to catalog US and Canadian fossil localities by state. Old-school web, enormous value. Access via http due to a certificate issue.
Steve Paveleski / Emergent Ophiuroid
Research and documentation focused on fossil echinoderms and related invertebrates.
Paleolist
One of the original online fossil discussion communities. A long-running mailing list connecting fossil hunters across North America.
Education and Reference
Getting into the Fossil Record
UC Museum of Paleontology educational tour on how fossils form and what the fossil record can and cannot tell us.
Fossils: Window to the Past
A UC Berkeley class project turned into an enduring reference. Covers fossil types, formation, and interpretation. Produced 1996, updated 2004. Simple, clear, still useful.
Life of the Devonian
UC Museum of Paleontology overview of Devonian life: the age of fish, early land plants, and the first forests. Part of a broader series on geologic periods.
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