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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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Chris Beard
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Matt Carrano
Smithsonian Institution
Matthew Clapham
UC Santa Cruz
Laurie Eccles
Penn State
Björn Kröger
Museum für Naturkunde
Uta Merkel
Museum für Naturkunde
Juliette Richter
Naturalis
Mark Uhen
University of Alabama
Loic Villier
Université de Provence
Pawel Wolniewicz
Adam Mickiewicz University
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
Björn Kröger, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Marc Laflamme, Yale University
Alex Lin, Yale University
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