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  General Information

ZOOM DINOSAUR  - great information for all grades and ages
http://www.ZoomSchool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/

Dinosauria Online
http://www.dinosauria.com/

Encyclopedia Britannica.com - dinosaur reference

University of California, Berkeley
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

National Geographic Dinosaur Site
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama/frame.html

Strange Science
http://www.strangescience.net/

Dinosauriweb
http://web.tiscali.it/dinosauriweb/

Hearing on the Protection of Fossil Resources
http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis108/fossils_hearings.html

Status of Governmental Regulation of Paleontology
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/paleonet/paleo21/regs.html

The Stanford University-National Geographic Pterosaur Replica Project
http://pterosaur.stanford.edu/

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  Resources for K-12

Ology - the American Museum site for kids
http://ology.amnh.org/sitemap/index.html

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory: Dinosaurs
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/
dinosaurs/welcome.html

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 Summer Science Resources

Paleontology on Public Lands
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_fieldtrip/resources.html

Dinosaur State Park

http://www.dinosaurstatepark.org/

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 Croc Connections
General Information:

Conservation:
 
 Illinois Paleontology and Geology

Illinois Field Trips - from Ellin Beltz
http://ebeltz.net/fieldtrip.html

Mazon Creek
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/mazon_creek/

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 Paleobotany & Botany

Paleobotany for Beginners

UCMP Phylogeny Wing
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html
These pages from the University of California Berkeley 's renowned website offer a K-12 friendly tour of life through time - with a special look at plants.

National Biological Information Infrastructure
http://www.nbii.gov/disciplines/botany/index.html
This well organized educational website offers hundreds of topical illustrated pages about botany and plant biology, as well as resources and activities for teachers and kids. This site will be useful for hobbyists and researchers alike.

Virtual Paleobotany Laboratory
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/IB181/VPL/Dir.html
This technical, well-illustrated and elegantly-organized site was developed as an online paleobotany course for college students. The Virtual Paleobotany lab provides in depth information about fossil plants, morphology, ecology and plant evolution. The site range charts for plant lineages and a phylogeny of land plants based on current evidence.

Links for Paleobotanists
http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie/palbot1.html
This easily navigable site provides an extensive annotated list of links about plant anatomy, taxonomy, preservation, taphonomy, paleoclimate, evolution/extinction - even fossil plant illustrations. Links are organized by interest area.

International Organization of Palaeobotany
http://iop.biodiversity.org.uk/
Log on for a comprehensive, searchable database of fossil occurrences of plants -including searchable map of plant distributions worldwide.

Internet Directory for Botany
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/idb-alpha/botany.html
This web site not only offers more botanical web sites that you could hope for, it provides an effective search engine to refine your quest.

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  Places to Visit in North America

Expeditions and Tours - from Dino Russ' Lair
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/dig.html

Tyrell Museum
http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/

Fundy Museum Fossil Lab
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fgm/lab/lab.html

American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org

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  Expeditions, Museums & Tours

Paleonotology on Public Lands
http://www.blm.gov/education/paleo/places.html

Dinosaur State Park
http://www.dinosaurstatepark.org/

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  Dinosaur & Paleo Art

DINOSAUR ILLUSTRATIONS
http://www.search4dinosaurs.com/postcard.html

DINOSAUR PICTURE HEAVEN
from the Interplanetary Gazette
http://www.dinosaur.org/dinofinder.html

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  Catalogues and Resources

Links and Pin Hobbies
huge selection of dinosaur models and casts
http://www.linkandpinhobbies.com/

Skullduggery - fossil casts, kits and curricula
http://skullduggery.com/index.htm

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