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In mid-February 2004, the Paleontological Portal, www.paleoportal.org, will open to contributions of images, links
and information from the paleontological community. This site will create a central, interactive entry point to
paleontology resources on the Internet for many audiences.  The Paleontological Portal home page. |
 Visitors to the Paleontological Portal can access information on any state, for any geologic time period, from the Exploring Time & Space page.  How the main Fossil Gallery page would appear to a visitor mousing over the Vertebrates category.
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The centerpiece of the portal is the USGS color-coded
geologic map of the United States draped over a shaded-relief digital elevation model (top right). This map and
associated stratigraphic column are interactive, allowing the user to access information about particular geographic
regions, geologic time periods, depositional environments and representative taxa. Other features include highlights
of famous fossil sites and assemblages, and a Fossil Gallery (right).