Web Links
1. Paleontology as a science
Read about the history of paleontology at:
http://www.strangescience.net
http://paleo.cc/kpaleo/fosshist.htm.
General paleontology websites with information on the science and on careers are:
http://www.paleoportal.org/
http://www.paleosoc.org/
http://www.palass.org/
http://www.vertpaleo.org/
and there are huge numbers of links at:
http://members.cox.net/jdmount/paleont.html
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Read more about the dinosaurs of Mongolia and changing interpretations of Oviraptor at:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/fightingdinos/ex-fd.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/saurischia/oviraptoridae.html
and about the dinosaurs from Mongolia at:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/fightingdinos/fightingdinos.html
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Find out more about computer-generated imagery (CGI) at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery
Computer graphics, about Walking with Beasts at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/wwbeasts/
http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/
and about Framestore at:
http://www.framestore-cfc.com/
The full story of how Walking with Beasts was made is told at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/wwbeasts/making_of1.shtml.
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Read more about Kristi Curry Rogers at:
http://www.macalester.edu/geology/People/kristi/kristi.html
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Curry_Rogers
You can find out more about Rapetosaurus at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapetosaurus
http://www.smm.org/buzz/museum/object/2001_09_rapetosaurus_krausei_dorsal_vertebra
