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these links if you are interested in further exploring the topics of Paleontology,
Wannagan Creek, Fossils, or the Paleocene era.
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The Paleocene
Environment:
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| The Paleocene Epoch began after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Mammals that had lived in the shadows of dinosaurs for millions of years eventually evolved into a vast number of different forms to fill the newly vacant environmental niches. Many early mammal "designs" of this time would soon become extinct; others would survive and then evolve into other forms. The variety of birds, other animals, and plants increased, and species became more specialized. Although dinosaurs were gone, reptiles lived on in the form of turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes. | |
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Paleobiology:
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| Paleobiology is the study of fossils as once living organisms, rather than simply as prehistoric death assemblages. Paleobiology includes several branches, of which two major ones are paleozoology and paleobotany, the former being the study of fossil animals, and the latter the science of ancient plants. Paleozoology is further divided into vertebrate paleontology (animals with backbones) and invertebrate paleontology (animals without backbones). Another branch of paleobiology, called paleoecology, seeks to reconstruct the conditions of the geologic past so one can understand the environment in which the prehistoric plants and animals lived. In short, except for excluding the study of humans, the Department of Paleobiology is a microcosm of all the other departments of the Museum. | |
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Paleontology:
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| Intrigued by paleontology? Wondering where can you get more information? What courses should you take? While there are a number of publications in the library which will help you, this site has guided many questioners in the past. | |
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Peabody Museum
of Natural History:
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www.peabody.yale.edu |
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The more than eleven million specimens in the Museum's collections are cared for under the supervision of curators in ten divisions: Anthropology, Paleobotany (includes Botany), Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, Invertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Zoology (includes Herpetology, Ichthyology, Mammalogy, and Ornithology), Vertebrate Paleontology, Mineralogy, Meteorites, and Historical Scientific Instruments. |
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Carnegie
Museum of Natural History:
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www.einpgh.org/cmnh |
| Step inside the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and prepare yourself for a time-tripping journey through the planet Earth. Inside, you'll explore continents no longer apparent on the planet's surface, awe-inspiring civilizations buried deep beneath the sands of time, and fantastic creatures that once ruled the land. Inside, you'll also investigate the great diversity of life that remains on Earth and learn about the people who are trying to preserve it. You'll come face to face with animals from distant lands, marvel at the colors and shapes of the world around you, and meet the scientists who seek to understand the workings of our fragile planet. Inside the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, you'll discover the Earth. | |
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Denver Museum
of Nature and Science:
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www.dmns.org |
| From remote Alaskan caves to the mountain ranges and praries of our state, the lush valleys of West Mexico or the fossil beds of Argentina and Mongolia, Denver Museum of Nature and Science scientists in the field are uncovering answers to age-old mysteries of our planet. | |
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Academy of
Natural Sciences:
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www.acnatsci.org |
| The Academy's Biodiversity Group maintains vast biological collections containing more than 23 million specimens, while studying the diversity of the planet's life forms, their evolutions, adaptations, survival, and extinction through far reaching field work. | |
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Field Museum
of Natural History:
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www.fmnh.org |
| The Museum's curatorial and scientific staff in the four departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology conduct basic research in the fields of systematic biology and anthropology, and also have responsibility for collections management and collaboration in public programs with the Departments of Education and Exhibits. Since its founding the Field Museum has been an international leader in evolutionary biology and paleontology, and archaeology and ethnography. | |
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American
Museum of Natural History:
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www.amnh.org |
| All of the American Museum of Natural History's public programming and exhibitions are informed by advanced scientific research, which for 125 years has formed the core of the Museum. Scientists at the Museum conduct innovative research programs in anthropology, evolutionary and systematic biology, zoology, earth and planetary sciences, molecular systematics, and paleontology, in work that is carried out both in the field -- the Museum's expeditions to date number in the thousands -- and within the walls of the Museum's laboratories and collections areas. | |
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University
of Kansas Museum of Natural History:
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www.nhm.ukans.edu |
| The mission of the KU Natural History Museum is to study the life of the planet for the benefit of the earth and its inhabitants. Explore this site to learn more about how the museum discovers, documents, and disseminates knowledge about the earth's biological diversity, past and present, through exhibits, graduate and undergraduate education, research, and public service programs. | |
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