palaeos

Palaeos.com is a web site on biology, paleontology, phylogeny and geology and which covers the history of Earth. The site is well respected and has been used as a reference by professional paleontologists such as Michael J. Benton, the professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.Benton, M.[https://books.google.com/books?id=P1LkOL1CijEC&dq=palaeos&pg=PA10 Vertebrate Paleontology] Third Edition. Blackwell Publishing. It is frequently cited in Science Online.{{cite journal|last=Koentges|first=G.|title=EVOLUTION: Enhanced: Jaws of the Fates|journal=Science|date=11 October 2002|volume=298|issue=5592|pages=371–373|doi=10.1126/science.1077706|pmid=12376690|s2cid=20212436}}{{cite journal|last=Simmons|first=N.B.|title=EVOLUTION: An Eocene Big Bang for Bats|journal=Science|date=28 January 2005|volume=307|issue=5709|pages=527–528|doi=10.1126/science.1108871|pmid=15681371|s2cid=26513282}}{{cite journal|last=Torsvik|first=T. H.|title=GEOLOGY: Enhanced: The Rodinia Jigsaw Puzzle|journal=Science|date=30 May 2003|volume=300|issue=5624|pages=1379–1381|doi=10.1126/science.1083469|pmid=12775828|s2cid=129275224}}

Palaeos.com was started by Toby White and Alan Kazlev;Mitch Leslie (ed.) (2006): Recalled to Life, Science Magazine, vol.314 [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/314/5796/27a.pdf PDF] p.2 (also in [http://www.texaspaleo.com/psa/newsletter/2006/2006-10.pdf Fossil Footnotes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009064051/http://www.texaspaleo.com/psa/newsletter/2006/2006-10.pdf |date=2007-10-09 }}) the pair were later joined by Chris Taylor, Mikko Haaramo of the Department of Geology at the University of Helsinki, and Chris Clowes. It features professional-level, yet readable articles about:{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Carolyn|title=Using Internet primary sources to teach critical thinking skills in the sciences|year=2003|publisher=Greenwood|location=Westport, Conn. [u.a.]|isbn=978-0313312304|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/usinginternetpri0000john}}

• Palaeontology, evolution and systematics
• Geochronology, earth systems and time scale
• Diversity of life and ecology

The site's developers have started a wiki, [http://www.palaeos.org/Main_Page Palaeos.org], which uses MediaWiki software to provide conventional voluntary membership.

Some pages use images from websites run by David Peters,{{Cite web|title=Palaeos Vertebrates Archosauromorpha : Drepanosauridae|url=http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/archosauromorpha/drepanosauridae.html|access-date=2022-01-16|website=palaeos.com}} whose works sometimes considered as highly unreliable.{{Cite web|title=Why the World Has to Ignore David Peters and ReptileEvolution.com|url=https://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/7/23/the-david-peters-problem|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Tetrapod Zoology|language=en-GB}}