ammonites
Pterodactylus
Aralia
Agelacrinites
Mesopithecus
Neolenus
Xiphacantha
Microdon
Eunema
Welcome to the PaleoDB

The Paleobiology Database is a scientific organization run by paleontological researchers from around the world. We are bringing together taxonomic and distributional information about the entire fossil record of plants and animals. Everyone is welcome to use our data.

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John Alroy
UC Santa Barbara
Matt Carrano
Smithsonian Institution
Matthew Clapham
UC Santa Cruz
Austin Hendy
STRI
Wolfgang Kiessling
Museum für Naturkunde
Björn Kröger
Museum für Naturkunde
Torsten Liebrecht
Museum für Naturkunde
Uta Merkel
Museum für Naturkunde
Mark Uhen
George Mason University
Pete Wagner
Smithsonian Institution
Featured publication
J. C. McElwain et al. 2009. Fossil plant relative abundances indicate sudden loss of Late Triassic biodiversity in Greenland. Science 324:1554-1556 (#95)
New members
Ryosuke Motani, UC Davis
Nathalie Nagalingum, Harvard University
James Parham, FMNH
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