Geology Fieldnotes: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This National Park Service resource includes information about geology, park maps, visitor information, photographs, and links to other sites about this park. Geologic information spans the entire ...

Tertiary Paleogeography and Tectonic History, Central Arizona part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website presents images and text depicting the paleogeography and tectonic evolution of central Arizona during the Tertiary period. Emphasis is on an evolving Oligocene to Miocene drainage ...

Geology Fieldnotes: Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Located on the Colorado Plateau in Utah, this canyon is comprised mostly of sedimentary rocks, and continues to be eroded and shaped by the Paria River. Its geologic and human history are outlined on ...

Ornithomimidae (Bird Mimics): The Ostrich-Like Dinosaurs part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site describes the Ornithomimids, a distinctive group of theropod dinosaurs who show a good example of convergent evolution with the ratite birds, such as ostriches. They were not as closely ...

Walking With Dinosaurs part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Part of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) learning series, this website contains dinosaur information, games, interviews with scientists, and virtual tours. The Chronology section discusses ...

Bacteria: Fossil Record part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This description of the fossil record of bacteria focuses on one particular group of bacteria, the cyanobacteria or blue-green algae, which have left a fossil record that extends far back into the ...

Geology Fieldnotes: Mojave National Preserve, California part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Mojave National Preserve site contains park geology information, park maps, photographs, and visitor information. The park geology section discusses the Preserve's Soda Lake, Mitchell ...

The Tyrant Lizards: The Tyrannosauridae part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site describes a group of huge carnivores that must have tyrannically ruled the land during the Cretaceous period. They are known as Tyrannosauridae. Members of this group are listed, including ...

The Troodontidae: Smartest of the Non-Avian Dinosaurs? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site describes the Troodontidae, a small group (maybe five different species) of very rare and hence poorly known maniraptorans. They are only known from a few incomplete specimens from the ...

The Formation of Pangaea: The Making of a Supercontinent part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site explains the events during the Paleozoic era that led up to the formation of the Pangaea supercontinent in the Mesozoic era. The existence in the Paleozoic era of the supercontinent ...