Paleontological Collection Catalogs

See also our list of on-line paleontological resources for lists of useful software, upcoming events, and more.

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia: Invertebrate Paleontology Collection (gopher)
Annotated bibliography of Nevada paleobotany (ftp site)
Annotated links to internet resources, especially for paleobotanists with an Upper Triassic bias
Biodiversity Resources and Collections, University of Texas: Research and Collections; Vertebrate Paleontology and Radiocarbon Lab
Bristol University: Palaeontology: Dinosaur Database; The Fossil Record 2; Fossil tetrapod families
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Online Collections
Cincinnati Museum Center: Invertebrate paleontology collections: overview and inventory; Vertebrate paleontology collections: overview
Florida Museum of Natural History: University of Florida Vertebrate Paleontology Collection; Florida Geological Survey (FGS) fossil vertebrate collection; Pierce Brodkorb Ornithology Collection; Invertebrate Paleontology Type Collection Database
Fossil Vertebrates in the Burke Museum, University of Washington: Vertebrate Fossil Catalog
GeoScience Network
Humboldt State University Natural History Museum: Life Through Time Exhibit (click on "case index" links)
Ichnology Page and Trace Fossil Database, Emory University
Illinois State Museum: Mazon Creek fossil images (includes some type specimens)
Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Paleontology Type Catalog; Invertebrate Paleontology Database (under development)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology; Insect databases; Tree-ring databases
Natural History Museum, Berne, Switzerland: Paleontology Collections: collections overview
Neogene Marine Invertebrates of Tropical America
Paleontology Bibliography of Newfoundland and Labrador (ftp site)
Peabody Museum, Yale University: Paleobotany Collections; Invertebrate Paleontology Collections; Vertebrate Paleontology Collections
San Diego Natural History Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History: Burgess Shale Pages; Key to the Common Genera of Neogene Shark Teeth; Living and fossil brachiopod databases; National Collection of Foraminifera; Fossil Plant and Algae Type Register; Index of Gopher-Menus
Internationale Paläoklima Datenbank
University of Alberta, Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Archival Collections; Invertebrate Type Catalog; Microfossil Type Catalog; Paleobotanical Type Catalog; Vertebrate Catalog

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Links tested and updated November 17, 2003.