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This [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]], '''WikiProject Palaeontology''', aims to organise an effort to expand and improve Wikipedia's coverage of [[palaeontology]]-related articles. The guidelines below are intended to help editors focus and give an idea of what is needed by the project and how to attain it.

We aim to improve articles about [[palaeontologist]]s and their work, [[extinct]] [[species]], and areas that overlap with geology, life science, botany etc. There are also more specific projects on [[WP:WikiProject Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]], [[WP:WikiProject Mammals|mammals]] and [[WP:WikiProject Extinction|extinction]] - WikiProject Palaeontology provides a central portal for co-ordinated work across these areas, and topics not broad enough to have a dedicated WikiProject.
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<div><br>'''Hot articles'''{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Hot articles}}</br></div>

==Article alerts and statistics==
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==Participating==

If you wish to participate in this project, please list your name to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Participants|Participants]]. Feel free to include your area and degree of expertise, and what you feel you may bring to this project.

You are also welcome to help out with any of the tasks listed below that take your fancy!

==Tasks==
''Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Tasks]] for the ongoing tasks of the project.''

===Cladogram requests===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Cladogram requests]] - Cladogram requests can be dealt with my requesting here.

===Articles needing attention===
These articles have been flagged by users as needing general attention or attention from experts. Please try and resolve the issue(s) quickly and remove the tag when done so.
*[[:Category:Palaeontology articles needing attention|Palaeontology articles needing attention]]
*[[:Category:Palaeontology articles needing expert attention|Palaeontology articles needing expert attention]]

===Articles needed or needing improvements===
Articles in urgent need of improvement are listed here. Please remove entries after making improvements.
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*'''General articles needed:''' [[Aral Formation]]
*'''Notable palaeontologists needed:''' [[Walter P. Coombs]], [[Stephen Czerkas]], [[Ewa Roniewicz]], [[Eva Koppelhus]], [[James Henry Madsen]], [[David M. Martill]], [[Anthony S. Cheke]], [[Boheti bin Amrani]], [[Erwin S. Christman]]
*'''Notable paleoartists needed:''' [[Erwin S. Christman]], [[Alfons and Adrie Kennis]], [[Jason Brougham]], [[Stephen Czerkas]], [[Scott Hartman]]
*'''Lists with many red links:''' [[List of therapsids]], [[List of prehistoric mammals]], [[List of extinct cetaceans]], [[List of fossil primates]], [[List of fossil birds]], [[List of prehistoric bony fish]], [[List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish]], [[List of prehistoric jawless fish]], [[List of placoderms]], [[List of acanthodians]], [[List of Ediacaran genera]], and a horde of invertebrate lists can be found here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_prehistoric_invertebrates] Recent [[lists of years in paleontology]] also have many red links.
*'''Pages with many red links:''' [[Sparassodonta]], [[Condylarthra]], [[Equidae]], [[Rhinocerotidae]], [[Brontotheriidae]], [[Proboscidea]], [[Cervidae]], [[Antilocapridae]], [[Anthracotheriidae]], [[Hyaenidae]], [[Amynodontidae]], [[Oxyaenidae]], [[Felidae]], [[Hyaenodontidae]], [[Odobenidae]], [[Phocidae]], [[Glyptodontidae]], [[Pampatheriidae]], [[Proterotheriidae]], [[Macraucheniidae]], [[Toxodontidae]], [[Isotemnidae]], [[Notohippidae]], [[Leptictida]], [[Cimolesta]], [[Hyracoidea]], [[Pteridospermatophyta]], [[Ituzaingó Formation]], [[South American land mammal age]]
*'''Individual articles for improvement:''' ''[[Paraptenodytes]]'', [[Caseidae]]: ''[[Knoxosaurus]]'' and ''[[Oromycter]]'', ''[[Kronosaurus]]'', ''[[Ocepechelon]]'', ''[[Hyracotherium]]'',  ''[[Solza (animal)|Solza]]'' (started), ''[[Andrewsarchus]]''. [[List of paleontologists]] is in need of expansion.
*'''Expand with translation''': The following articles may be substantially expanded with appropriately-sourced translation from foreign language Wiki articles. Please see [[Wikipedia:Translation]] for guidance. ''[[Agustinia]]'', ''[[Homogalax]]'', ''[[Numidotherium]]'', [[Phenacodontidae]], ''[[Phosphatherium]]'', [[Tristichopteridae]], ''[[Diabolotherium]]''
* '''Rework navbox''' - {{tl|Proboscidea Genera}}, [[Template_talk:Proboscidea_Genera#Too_wide|Navbox too wide]]
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===Topics requiring improvement===
*The [[Cambrian explosion]] - efforts are being organised by a '''[[WP:CEX|task force]]'''
*[[Sarcopterygian]]s... they need a lot of work. So I put up a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Lobe-Fins|task force]] to deal with it. --[[User:Sneaky Oviraptor18|Sneaky Oviraptor18]]<sup>[[User talk:Sneaky Oviraptor18|talk]] [[Special:Contributions/Sneaky Oviraptor18|edits]] [[User:Sneaky Oviraptor18/ArthurWeasley|tribute]]</sup> 15:36, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
* Paleontologists - biographical information about notable paleontologists needs to be expanded. I'd like to revive the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Paleontologists|paleontologists task force]]. [[User:Hza a 9|Hza a 9]] [[User:Hza a 9|Hza a 9]] ([[User talk:Hza a 9|talk]]) 17:02, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

===List maintenance===
This includes adding newly described taxa, and creation of articles for genera (and redirects for synonyms).

''See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Lists]] for all the taxonomic lists''

===Vandal fighting===
As with all other projects, we have a problem with vandalism of articles (see [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] and [[Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism|clean up]] for further information). Here is a quick guide for vandal fighters of this project:

# Revert edits.
# Leave a message on the user's talk page. See [[Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace|template messages]] and [[:Category:Standardised user warning templates|warning category]] for which templates to use.
# Report persistant vandals to [[Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism|administrator intervention against vandalism]].

==Review==

===Articles for review===
The following articles are being considered for upgrade (FA, GA, DYK, etc.) and could benefit from general peer review by project members:

===Article expansion===
If you fancy expanding getting an article off the starting blocks, here's where you can find all our "stub" articles:

{{category tree|Paleontology stubs}}

===Paleoart review===

If you want to submit [[paleoart]] images for accuracy review, place them here as well as links to what you used as references: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Paleoart review]] There you can also request new images for articles. If you want to participate as reviewer, you can put the page on your watchlist. When removing an incorrect image from an article, please put it up here for review so it can be fixed, otherwise the image might not be used again.

== Which articles should be created ==

Users sometimes wonder whether it is necessary to create a separate article for every species in a genus.

In the case of monospecific genera, the usual guideline is to create a single article at the genus page.  For example, an article exists at ''[[Saadanius]]'' and a redirect at ''Saadanius hijazensis''.

In the case of genera that contain multiple species, a degree of common sense is necessary.  [[Wikipedia:MERGE]] lists three reasons that it may be appropriate to combine the species into a single page:
*There may be a substantial '''overlap''' in the content of the articles (for instance, if the species are found in the same locality and are morphologically and biologically very similar);
*There may be very little '''text''' that can be written about individual species (if a species is very similar to others in its genus, a page may simply read "''Orthoconus grandi'' is a species of ''Orthoconus'' whose shell is greater than 2&nbsp;mm in height").
* It may be necessary to have ''' context''' from a broader article in order for readers to understand the species' context. For instance, the phylogenetic context of ''[[Halkieria]]'' requires lengthy explanation, so in this instance it is appropriate to have multiple ''genera'' in a single article.

If it is not appropriate to create a separate page for each species, species pages can be redirected to a genus page.  If there is enough text to make it suitable, each species may have a separate section on the genus page; see ''[[Halkieria]]'' for an example.  If a single species eventually generates enough content to warrant its own page, then this page can be created; but other species should only be split from the main article when their existence can be substantiated.

==Palaeontology biographies==

Wikipedia welcomes articles on notable [[:Category:Paleontologists|paleontologists]]. However, please review Wikipedia's [[WP:SCHOLAR|notability requirements for scholars]] before creating articles on palaeontologists or other scientists. In short, the subject must have made major contributions to their field, as recognized by other reliable sources, and/or have received significant coverage. Simply publishing articles or naming species may not be sufficient to establish notability, and there may not be enough material to write a satisfying, complete biographical article. The fact that a scientist's name has been linked on Wikipedia, or mentioned briefly in a book, may not be sufficient to establish notability. Writing about any living person requires special sensitivity, see: [[WP:BLP|Biographies of living persons]]. You can find more tips and guidelines at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography|WikiProject Biography]]

Also see the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Paleontologists|paleontologists taskforce]] for efforts to improve Wikipedia's coverage of paleontologists.

==Conflict of Interest==
For any academic editor(s) who wish to reference their own work in articles or their own biography, we have set-up a system that allows other wiki-editors to make the edits for you, ''see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/COI]]''. This is to ensure there are no [[WP:COI|conflicts of interest]], either real or in appearance.

==Recognized content==
===Featured topics===
*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Ferugliotheriidae|Ferugliotheriidae]] - 23 August 2011
*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Raphinae|Raphinae]] - August 8 2014
*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Pterygotioidea|Pterygotioidea]] - 25 September 2018
*[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Adelophthalmidae|Adelophthalmidae]] - 7 August 2019

===Quality content===
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Palaeontology articles by quality statistics}}
===Did you Knows...===
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#[[South Polar dinosaurs]] - 13 November 2004
#''[[Astrohippus]]'' - 29 January 2009
#''[[Akanthosuchus]]'' - 14 February 2009
#''[[Haasiophis]]'' - 15 February 2009
#''[[Miragaia (dinosaur)|Miragaia]]'' - 6 March 2009
#''[[Australodelphis]]'' - 7 March 2009
#''[[Phyllodontosuchus]]'' - 9 March 2009
#''[[Dibothrosuchus]]'' - 12 March 2009
#''[[Tianyulong]]'' - 26 March 2009
#''[[Hurdia]]'' - 28 March 2009
#''[[Gallardosaurus]]'' - 10 July 2009
#[[Hupehsuchia]] - 9 August 2009
#''[[Raranimus]]'' - 30 September 2009
#''[[Vancleavea]]'' - 8 December 2009
#''[[Batropetes]]'' - 10 January 2010
#''[[Eonessa]]'' - 6 February 2010
#''[[Scaphohippus]]'' - 12 February 2010
#''[[Yongjiacaris]]'' - 14 February 2010
#''[[Triatoma dominicana]]'' - 21 February 2010 (double nomination with ''T. antiquus'')
#''[[Trypanosoma antiquus]]'' - 21 February 2010 (double nomination with ''T. dominicana'')
#''[[Nanoraphidia]]'' - 23 February 2010
#''[[Raphidia funerata]]''- 24 February 2010
#''[[Electrinocellia]]'' - 25 February 2010
#''[[Ororaphidia]]'' - 26 February 2010 (double nomination with ''Styporaphidia'')
#''[[Styporaphidia]]'' - 26 February 2010 (double nomination with ''Ororaphidia'')
#''[[Fibla carpenteri]]'' - 27 February 2010
#''[[Archiinocellia]]'' - 27 February 2010
#''[[Kourerpeton]]'' - 28 February 2010
#''[[Proraphidia]]'' - 1 March 2010
#''[[Oligochlora]]'' - 4 March 2010
#''[[Neocorynura electra]]'' - 6 March 2010
#''[[Eickwortapis]]'' - 6 March 2010
#''[[Microberotha]]'' - 7 March 2010
#''[[Sanajeh]]'' - 9 March 2010
#''[[Fedexia]]'' - 20 March 2010
#''[[Tambachia]]'' - 17 April 2010
#''[[Rhynchonkos]]'' - 26 April 2010
#''[[Uatchitodon]]'' - 29 April 2010
#''[[Redondasuchus]]'' - 10 July 2010
#''[[Tsylmosuchus]]'' - 14 July 2010
#[[Shartegosuchidae]] - 29 July 2010
#''[[Eunotosaurus]]'' - 14 August 2010
#''[[Plesiobalaenoptera]]'' - 15 August 2010
#''[[Liushusaurus]]'' - 15 August 2010
#''[[Pakasuchus]]'' - 16 August 2010
#''[[Menarana]]'' - 17 August 2010
#''[[Sunosuchus]]'' - 30 August 2010
#''[[Duerosuchus]]'' - 15 September 2010
#''[[Koilamasuchus]]'' - 26 September 2010
#''[[Inkayacu]]'' - 9 October 2010
#''[[Susisuchus]]'' - 15 October 2010
#''[[Simosuchus]]'' - 14 December 2010
#''[[Sebecus]]'' - 30 December 2010
#''[[Lydekkerina]]'' - 18 January 2011
#[[Diadectidae]] - 14 February 2011
#''[[Belemnotheutis]]'' - 16 February 2011
#''[[Glanosuchus]]'' - 30 March 2011
#''[[Tiarajudens]]'' - 30 March 2011
#''[[Teraterpeton]]'' - 20 May 2011
#''[[Palaeochiropteryx]]'' - 24 May 2011
#''[[Eurypterus]]'' - 29 May 2011
#''[[Arenysuchus]]'' - 21 June 2011
#''[[Asterotrygon]]'' - 15 July 2011
#[[Snowmastodon site]] - 19 July 2011
#[[Prehistoric Lepidoptera]] - 31 July 2011
#[[Palaeontinidae]] - 3 August 2011
#''[[Tortrix? destructus]]'' - 6 August 2011
#''[[Tortrix? florissantana]]'' - 6 August 2011
#''[[Trimerorhachis]]'' - 12 August 2011
#''[[Smok (archosaur)|Smok]]'' - 21 August 2011
#''[[Ovoo (genus)|Ovoo]]'' - 28 August 2011
#''[[Saniwa]]'' - 30 August 2011
#[[Coal ball]] - 31 August 2011
#''[[Acallosuchus]]'' - 13 September 2011
#''[[Laccognathus embryi]]'' - 21 September 2011
#''[[Myanmymar]]'' - 6 October 2011
#''[[Araucaria mirabilis]]'' - 2 December 2011
#''[[Poposaurus]]'' - 29 December 2011
# [[Nanictidopidae]] - 13 January 2012
#''[[Cycadeoidea]]'' - 22 January 2012
#''[[Waptia]]'' - 25 January 2012
#''[[Tempskya]]'' - 29 January 2012
#''[[Aegisuchus]]'' - 13 February 2012
#''[[Cylindroteuthis]]'' - 22 February 2012
#''[[Blattoidealestes]]'' - 25 February 2012
#''[[Stratiotosuchus]]'' - 5 March 2012
#''[[Encrinus]]'' - 28 March 2012
#''[[Tinirau (genus)|Tinirau]]'' - 5 April 2012
#''[[Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni]]'' - 16 May 2012
#''[[Bellubrunnus]]'' - 13 July 2012
#''[[Ocepeia]]''- 14 March 2014
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==Templates==
===Taxobox===
{{Taxobox
|name = ''Dakosaurus''
|fossil_range = [[Late Jurassic]] to [[Early Cretaceous]]
| image = Dakosaurus maximus.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''D. maximus'' skull, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
|regnum = [[Animalia]]
|phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
|classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]]
|subclassis = [[Diapsida]]
|infraclassis = [[Archosauromorpha]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Mesoeucrocodylia]]
|subordo = [[Thalattosuchia]]
|familia = [[Metriorhynchidae]]
|genus = '''''Dakosaurus'''''
|genus_authority = Quenstedt, [[1856]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision =
* ''D. maximus'' <small>(Plieninger, 1846) Quenstedt, 1856</small> ([[type species|type]])
* ''D. andiniensis'' <small>Vignaud & Gasparini, 1996</small>
* ''D. nicaeensis'' <small> Ambayrac, 1913</small>
|synonyms =
* ''Dacosaurus'' <small>Sauvage, 1873</small>
}}

Here is an example of a taxobox:
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| name = 
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| image = 
| image_width = 250px
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| regnum = [[]]
| phylum = [[]]
| classis = [[]]
| subclassis = [[]]
| infraclassis = [[]]
| ordo = [[]]
| familia = [[]]
| genus = 
| genus_authority = [[]], [[]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
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* '' '' <small> [[]], [[]]</small> ([[type species|type]])
* '' ''<small> [[]], [[]]</small>
|synonyms =
* '' ''<small> [[]], [[]]</small>
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The full taxobox guide is located at '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage]]'''.

Detailed taxonomic information, including notes on how taxa are defined and how they vary between different systems, belongs in the article proper.  Where possible, however, a standard table will be provided to allow easier navigation between related groups and quick identification of what sort of organisms are being discussed.  These are called taxoboxes.  A typical taxobox is shown at right (it belongs on the top right of the page ''[[Dakosaurus]]''). For extinct plants see ''[[Hymenaea protera]]''.

There are three main sections to the taxobox:
* A header showing the name of the group, sometimes followed by a representative image.
* A table showing the placement of the group in a typical classification system.
* A footer, whose content varies, showing the binomial name or a species, or a list of subgroups for higher taxa.

For fossil species, there is to be no status field. The only extinct species this should be used for are recently extinct ones (e.g. [[Baiji|Yangtze river dolphin]]):
*| status = EX

Position: The taxobox generally belongs at the top right corner of the article, unless it has been decided otherwise on the relevant talk page - for instance, if the article is not primarily about the biological group. Images of fossils or casts are generally preferred over hypothetical life restorations in the taxobox, unless no appropriate ones are available.

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===Request picture===
*Add '''<nowiki>{{reqphoto|palaeontology}}</nowiki>''' to the talk-page of articles that require a picture. View the requests: [[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of palaeontology]]


===Timeline templates===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Phanerozoic time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Devonian-Carboniferous time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Devonian time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Paleozoic-Mesozoic time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Permian-Mesozoic time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Permian-Triassic time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Mesozoic time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Mesozoic-Cenozoic time line]]
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Jurassic time line]]
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* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Cretaceous-Cenozoic time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Cenozoic time line]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Palaeontology/Paleogene time line]]

==Categories==
* List of {{Subpages}}
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==Microformat==
Please be aware of the proposed [http://microformats.org/wiki/species Species microformat], particularly in relation to taxoboxes. Comments welcome on the wiki at that link.

==Resources==
{{Sisterlinks|Paleontology|commons=Category:Paleontology}}

===Peer-reviewed sources of information===
Here are some links to websites that host peer-reviewed publications that will be of interest to all users of the WikiProject. Note that some do any free access to some recent articles, but you most likely will need a log-on to get full access.
Subscription access:
* [http://www.sciencedirect.com Science Direct]
* [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home Wiley Interscience]
* [http://www.ingentaconnect.com Ingenta Connect]
* [http://www.jstor.org/ JSTOR]
* [http://www.bioone.org/ BioOne]

===CC licensed publications===
All images and text published in these journals are free to use on Wikipedia when authors are attributed, unless otherwise noted
* [http://www.app.pan.pl/archives.html Acta Palaeontologica Polonica]
* [http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcevolbiol BMC Evolutionary Biology]
* [http://www.ctoz.nl/ Contributions to Zoology]
* [http://www.hindawi.com/journals/paleontology/contents/ Hindawi Paleontology Journal] 
* [http://www.plosone.org/article/browseIssue.action?issue=info:doi/10.1371/issue.pone.c01.i02The PLoS ONE Paleontology Collection]
* [http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/ Zookeys]
* [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ]

The following journals ''may'' have CC licensed publications (verify for each article)
* [http://www.frontiersin.org/Earth_Science Frontiers in Earth Science]
* [http://www.frontiersin.org/Ecology_and_Evolution/ Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution]
* [http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/ Frontiers in Zoology]
* [http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html Scientific Reports] <small>([http://www.nature.com/srep/open_access/index.html Open Access Policy])</small>
* [http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Royal Society Open Science]
* [http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/VAMP/index Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology]

===Free access publications===
* [http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/en/about_ivpp/about_ivpp.html Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences] Papers usually have an English translation.
* [http://www.palass.org/modules.php?name=backissues Back issues of Palaeontology]
* [http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/ Proceedings of the Royal Society free access after one year]
* [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/ American Museum of Natural History] Papers published prior to 1923 are in the public domain
* [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Biodiversity Heritage Library]- Making obscure or public domain articles open to viewing.
* [http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/staff/swroe/ Scientific papers by Stephen Wroe, mainly Australian Marsupialia]
* [http://www.bio.ucalgary.ca/contact/faculty/russbiblio.html Dr. Anthony Russell University of Calgary]
* [http://users.ox.ac.uk/~tskemp/papers.htm Recent papers by Dr. Thomas S. Kemp, Oxford University, on synapsids and on the evolutionary process]
* [http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/benton/reprints Papers by Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol]
* [http://palaeo-electronica.org/bk_issue.htm Palaeotologica electronica]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Scanlon2/research John D. Scanlon Australian palaeontologist who specialises in reptiles, mainly snakes.]
* [http://www.create.unsw.edu.au/research/riversleigh_literature.html Riversleigh scientific literature]
* [http://www.sbpbrasil.org/portal/INGindex.php?lg=1&pg=7225&topo=66 Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia (there are articles in English)]
* [http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/DocScientifique/publications/presentation/listeParution.xsp?PUBLICATION_ID=21&idx=25&nav=publication Geodiversitas - Plenty of palaeontological articles in English]
* [http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/paleontology/people_sidor.php Dr. Christian Sidor, University of Washington, who specialises in origin of mammals and Permian-Triassic evolution of tetrapods (only the articles published from 2001 to 2006 are available)]

===Journals that have some Palaeontological content===
* [http://www.pnas.org/content/by/year Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, free access]
For anyone with an academic log-in (e.g. Athens) then:
* [http://sub3.isiknowledge.com/error/Error?Domain=isiknowledge.com&Error=IPError&Src=IP&PathInfo=%2F&RouterURL=http%3A%2F%2Fisiknowledge.com%2F&IP=81.153.156.48 Web of Knowledge]
* [http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/products/wos/ Web of Science]

are fantastic resources for citation searches.

===Social network sites for sharing peer reviewed articles===
* [http://www.academia.edu/ Academia]
* [http://www.researchgate.net/ Researchgate]

===Database===
*[http://paleodb.org/ Palaeontological database for taxonomic and formation searches]
*[http://www.oceansofkansas.com/rep-refs.html M. J. EVERHART’S MARINE REPTILE REFERENCES]
*Matt Wedel, Randy Irmis, and Mike Taylor have prepared PDFs of many of O. C. Marsh's papers, at [http://www.sauroposeidon.net/marsh.html O. C. Marsh Papers].  These are all in the public domain, and so also are great sources for images such as historical skeletal reconstructions and elements of anatomy.
*[http://www.paleoglot.org/listAll.cfm Non-English papers translated into English]
* [http://www.geocities.com/originalravinray/pterosaur/ Pterosaur FAQ's], by Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog.
* [http://www.pterosaur.co.uk/ The Pterosaur Database], by Paul Pursglove.
* [http://www.archosauria.org/pterosauria/taxonomy/genera.html The Pterosauria's link page to genera] and [http://www.archosauria.org/pterosauria/taxonomy/species.pdf species list (pdf)], by Mike Hanson.
* [http://www.dinodata.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=40&id=264&Itemid=147 Flying Reptiles], from DinoData.
* [http://dipbsf.uninsubria.it/paleo/kellner.htm Comments on the phylogeny of the pterodactyloidea], by Alexander W. A. Kellner. (technical)
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