Eocene

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Paleontology

Invertebrates
Invertebrates in general
Academy of natural science, Philadelphia - Invertebrate catalogue (Gopher)
UC Museum of Paleontology - Invertebrate collection (Search form)
Yale Peabody Museum - Invertebrate collection (Search form)
ODP - Micropaleontological reference collection
Diatoms, Forams, Nannofossills and Radiolarians (Downloadable files in PDF, XLS and TXT-Format)


Foraminifera
Paleontological Institute, Univ. Ljubljana: On-Line Catalog of Type Specimens
The collection contains type specimens of Tertiary benthic forams ( especially Alveolina).
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Foraminifera, Search form)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Foraminifera Type Register for which Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) graphics are available.


Ostracoda
Middle Eocene Ostracoda from Northern Somalia


Other Invertebrates
Images of Insects (Green River F.), collected in NW-Colorado, USA
Microfossils from the Messel oilshale pit, Germany

Vertebrates
Vertebrates in general
Fossil Vertebrates in the Burke Museum (sorted by taxonomic units)
Yale Peabody Museum - Vertebrate collection (Search form)
CMNH Vertebrate Paleontology


Material focussed on special aspects
Bird Fossils the site is placed in U.S.A., a mirror site is available in Italy
Horse Evolution
Ischyromys - rodent of western North America
Leptomeryx - artiodactyl of western North America
The Natural History of Marsupials (by Chris Nedin)
Mammals from Egypt (Creodonts), Myamar (Artiodactyls) and U.S.A.(Condylarthra), Abstracts
Primitive Eocene Whales

Biostratigraphy
Middle and Upper Eocene Biostratigraphy (Foraminifera) of the Cascade Head Area, Lincoln and Tillamook Counties, Oregon

Palecology

Geology
Carbonate sedimentology
Middle Eocene Carbonate Ramps: Tamet Formation, Sirte Basin, Libya (Abstract)

Regional
Stratigraphic and tectonic position of Paleogene Jelar Beds in the Outer Dinarides
Select bibliography of the geology of the NEW FOREST (UK)
Includes two citations about Nummulites and Molluscs.
Late Eocene Star Wars: The Toms Canyon and Chesapeake Bay Impact Craters, U.S. East Coast
Linkage of Southern Ocean Paleoproductivity and Terrigenous Input During the Eocene and Oligocene

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