Palaeos

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Palaeos.com is a web site on biology, paleontology, phylogeny 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.[1] It is frequently cited in Science Online.[2][3][4]

Palaeos.com was started by Toby White and Alan Kazlev;[5] 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, yet readable articles about:[6]

The site's developers have started a wiki, Palaeos.org, which uses MediaWiki software to provide conventional voluntary membership.[5]

Some pages use images from websites run by David Peters,[7] whose works sometimes considered as highly unreliable.[8]

References

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  1. Benton, M.Vertebrate Paleontology Third Edition. Blackwell Publishing.
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External links

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