Palaeos

Palaeos.com is a web site on biology, paleontology, cladistics and geology and which covers the history of Earth. The site is well-respected and has been used as a reference by professional paleontologists such as Michael J. Benton, the professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.Benton, M. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0632056371&id=P1LkOL1CijEC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&ots=SaFzrUOJp-&dq=palaeos&sig=Spu6MMFvHU9vSVwxzuWsEDQvd1E "Vertebrate Paleontology"] Third Edition. Blackwell Publishing.] It is frequently cited in "Science" Online.

Palaeos.com was started by Toby White and Alan Kazlev; the pair were later joined by Chris Taylor, Mikko Haaramo of the Department of Geology at the University of Helsinki, and Chris Clowes. It features professional-level articles about:

* Palaeontology, evolution and systematics
* Geochronology, earth systems and time scale
* Diversity of life and ecology

The site's developers have started a wiki, [http://www.palaeos.org/Main_Page Palaeos.org] , which uses MediaWiki software to provide conventional voluntary membership. (Bush 2006)

References

* V Bush, 2006, "Recalled to Life", Science Magazine, vol.314 [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/314/5796/27a.pdf PDF] p.2 (also in [http://www.texaspaleo.com/psa/newsletter/2006/2006-10.pdf Fossil Footnotes] )
* Carolyn Johnson, 2003, "Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in the Sciences", Libraries Unlimited, Westport Connecticut and London, 352 pp (Page 20)

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.palaeos.com/ Palaeos.com]
* [http://www.palaeos.org/ Palaeos.org (wiki)]