paleontology: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Palaeontology. Aug 06, 2026
Add new Web site: NPS History Electronic Library and Archive - Definition of a fossil (PDF). Apr 09, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Science Show - The power of palaeontology. Feb 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project. Dec 11, 2025
Added cross-reference. Jul 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - History of paleontology (PDF). Jun 02, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews - Paleontology: A Philosophical Introduction. Oct 10, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Nebraska�Lincoln - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - Paleontology. Aug 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Cell - Trends in Ecology and Evolution - A virtual world of paleontology. May 16, 2024
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Palaeontology. Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: PNAS - The future of the fossil record: Paleontology in the 21st century. Sep 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Social Science LibreTexts - Paleontology. Jul 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Paleontology in the 21st Century. Apr 18, 2023
Add new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Paleontology: The Window to Science Education. Dec 30, 2022
Add new Web site: USDA Forest Service - Paleontology. Sep 27, 2022
Corrected display issue. Mar 11, 2020
Media added. Dec 03, 2018
Add new Web site: The American Museum of Natural History - OLogy for Kids - Paleontology: The Big Dig. Aug 28, 2016
Added video. Dec 23, 2015
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Paleontology. Apr 21, 2014
Video added describing the paleontology of the Grand Canyon. Jan 12, 2012
Media added. May 16, 2008
Added new Web site: Natural Resources Canada - Paleontology. Feb 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Paleobiology. Jun 19, 2006
Added new Web site: Strange Science - The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology. May 22, 2006
Added new Web site: Goof Gallery: Misguided Attempts to Understand Living and Extinct Organisms. May 22, 2006
Added new Web site: Goof Gallery: Misguided Attempts to Understand Living and Extinct Organisms. May 22, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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