Paleonlology
Using evidence to reconstruct the history of vertebrate life.
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Paleontology: A field
Paleontology: A field
Paleontology allows us to reconstruct the history of life using evidence preserved in the fossil record. This section of the project focuses on vertebrate evolution: how major groups originated, diversified, adapted to changing environments, and became the organisms we recognize today.
Explore the project through vertebrate classification, fossil case studies, and the evolutionary timeline.
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Vertebrate Classification
Vertebrate Classification
Explore the diversity and evolutionary relationships of vertebrates, including both living and extinct groups. Classification provides a framework for understanding how major vertebrate lineages are connected through common ancestry.
Fossils
Fossils
Investigate important fossils and the evidence they provide for major evolutionary changes. Each case study examines the anatomy, evolutionary significance, and scientific interpretation of a particular fossil or transition.
The Evolutionary Timeline
The Evolutionary Timeline
The evolutionary timeline places vertebrate life within geological time, following major developments from the earliest vertebrates through the diversification of fishes, tetrapods, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Explore how evolutionary innovations, environmental changes, and extinction events shaped vertebrate diversity across the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
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