Paleontology

This page provides some links to essays on paleontological topics, including the geological timescale and evolution. A few items of particular relevance to New Zealand have been included, but not at the expense of the broader topics. Most of the information here should be useful to any student or general reader interested in paleontology.

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Cambrian Period
Precambrian
Cretaceous Period
Devonian Period
Ediacaran Period
Ediacaran Assemblage
Carboniferous Period
Cryogenian Period
Permian Period

Geological Timescale

Brief introduction to stratigraphy

Quaternary Period
Neogene Period
Paleogene Period
Cretaceous Period
Jurassic Period
Triassic Period
Permian Period
Carboniferous Period
Devonian Period
Silurian Period
Ordovician Period
Cambrian Period
Precambrian Eon

Ediacaran Period
Cryogenian Period

Topics in Evolution

Essays on evolution and extinction are being prepared and will be added soon. Meanwhile, some notes in no particular order:

Major Events in the Evolution of Life
Major Events in the Evolution of Plants
Extinction
Punctuated Equilibrium
Evolution - Introduction and Processes
Evolution

Fossil Groups

A placeholder for now; let's see how this develops.

Ediacaran Biota
Onychophora
Trilobita

Lagerstätten

Another placeholder; we'll see how this one develops too.

Doushantuo phosphates
Chengjiang
Much Wenlock Limestone

Peripatus Home Page

Paleontology

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