HOMEPAGE

INTRODUCTION FOSSILS CHALK GROUP REFERENCES

 

LINKS

 

* RELATED

* CHALK GROUP

* CRUSTACEANS

     

* ECHINOIDS

* OPHIUROIDS

* ASTEROIDS

     
* CRINOIDS * CEPHALOPODS

* SPONGES

     
* VERTEBRATES    

 

RELATED

Discovering Fossils -  fantastic guide to fossil collecting in the UK.  Supporters of this site.

Junior Geo - fossils and minerals for kids and schools

Oceans of Kansas Paleontology - the wonderful world of chalk in the US, especially reptiles and fish.

Fossils of the Gault Clay and Folkestone Beds - a detailed and very well illustrated guide.

Sheppey Fossils - comprehensive guide to the diverse fossils of the London Clay from the Isle of Sheppey.

Medway Lapidary and Mineral Society - a very active group of amateur geologists, with several current fossil projects for publication.

Wessex Geology Directory - a broad ranging and extensive guide to all aspects of geology in southern Britain.

Natural History Museum London - one the world's foremost museums, includes the Earth Lab.

Booth Museum of Natural History

Southampton University SOES - the School of Ocean and Earth Science fossil collection.

Leif's Fossilsider - fantastic chalk fossils from Denmark.

Fossil web - fossils identified

West Sussex Geological Society - homepage of the society.

Cretaceous Fossils - a wide range of Cretaceous fossils from around the world.

Fossils from the UK - a broad selection of fossils collected from across the UK.

Fossil Forum - a great discussion board for all-things fossil.

PSI Gate - a catalogue of high quality physical-science related internet resources.

Fossils Direct - commercial site where a variety of Chalk fossils can be purchased.

www.ceratit.de - Fossils and localities of the German Chalk.

French National Sea Experience Centre

Adventure Experiences - action-packed days outdoors in the UK

Directory of Science - links to scientific websites

UK Fossils Network 

Jurassic Coast - a guide to the Dorset and Devon world heritage coastline

Alan Winter's fossil-hunting weblog

Monkton Nature Reserve - situated in a disused chalk pit, the onsite study centre features a fine example of Ptychodus

The Jurassic Coast - Dorset and East Devon's World Heritage Coastline

Fossil Walks - Guided fossil collecting and geology tours in Dorset and Devon

Online Fossil Museum - a selection of fossils from around the world

Palaeos: 'the Trace of Life on Earth' - detailed guide to the biology and evolutionary history of everything

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive - an extensive cladistic database - a great resource

Palaeontology - FREE ACCESS to all journal articles over 7 years old

The Taxonomicon - the Tree of Life

The Geological Conservation Review Image Bank - images from the book series documenting Britain's sites of geological interest

Fossil Science - fossils in the news

Tidmarsh & Sulham Community Website - my current home parish, nestled in the chalk downland of Berkshire

 

CHALK GROUP

Geological Society briefing on the new Chalk Group Lithostratigraphy.

The Chalk of Kent

Chalk Facts

UCL Guide to Microfossils - includes images of calcareous nannofossils, forams and ostracods of the Chalk.

Upper Cretaceous GCR Sites - Images from the 2001 book documenting Britain's Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy

 

CRUSTACEANS

Crustacea Glossary

Tree of life; Crustacea

Crustacean dissection

 

ECHINOIDS

Comprehensive guide to echinoids from the BMNH.

Reefkeeping; some good notes on anatomy

Chalk echinoids of the SOES.

Echinoids Gallery

Echinologia

Dutch Echinoids

Echinoid dissection

 

OPHIUROIDS

Ophiuroid anatomy and dissection.

 

ASTEROIDS

Asteroid dissection

Further Asteroid dissection

Asteroid anatomy

Echinoderms from the Wright collection

Danish Metopaster - preparation of a specimen from Stevns Klint

French Metopaster

Well preserved Metopaster

 

CRINOIDS

Living crinoids

Recent specimen

Crinoids from the SOES

Unitacrinus from the Yorkshire Chalk (GA article, Stainforth, 1938)

Cretaceous Fossils guide to Uintacrinus

Oceans of Kansas guide to Uintacrinus

Colorado Uintacrinus

Marsupites from the Yorkshire Chalk

 

CEPHALOPODS

Jean Claude Bertin's Ammonites; an excellent collection of ammonites, including many Late Cretaceous examples

 

SPONGES

Cretaceous Sponges from the Campanian of Misburg and Höver: Detailed taxonomic guide to Cretaceous sponges

 

VERTEBRATES

Chalk Ichthyosaur discovery: NHM web article on the 2005 Cambridgeshire find

Upper Cretaceous Pterosaur Database

Cretaceous Shark and Ray Teeth from the Netherlands

Wikipedia list of Prehistoric Cartilaginous Fish - with links to pages on key taxa

Mesozoic Fishes - international site for researchers of Mesozoic fish

The Life and Times of Long Dead Sharks - a great palaeontological resource

Fossil Fish GCR Sites - images from the 1999 book documenting Britain's key fossil fish sites

Fossil Reptile GCR Sites - images from the 1995 book documenting Britain's key fossil reptile sites

Biology of Sharks and Rays - a good educational resource

Diversification of the Neoselachii ('modern' sharks), Underwood, 2006 - an essential reference for fossil shark taxonomy