First of all:
! Kevin Lindstrom, UBC Library, Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Professional Societies and Associations in Geology.
! Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz: Non-European Geoscience University Departments, European Geoscience University Departments (Geography excluded), and Geoscience Societies.

Asociación Latinoamericana de Paleobotánica y Palinología. In Spanish and Portuguese. See also: Noticias (PDF file).

Commission Internationale de Microflore du Paléozoique (C.I.M.P.). C.I.M.P. is an international federation of palynologists interested in Palaeozoic palynology. The commission aims to advance knowledge in palynology and related subjects by the promotion of international co-operation and meetings between scientists of all regions and countries.

CORDIS, Community Research and Development Information Service, Luxembourg (an initiative of the European Commission). CORDIS provides information about Research and Development sponsored and supported by the European Union. Search on criteria such as subject, programme acronyms, countries, organisation types, collaboration types and collaboration interests.

European Geosciences Union (EGU). Established by the Councils of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG). EGU is a dynamic, innovative, and interdisciplinary learned association devoted to the promotion of the sciences of the Earth and its environment and the cooperation between scientists.

EUROPEAN GROUP OF CHAROPHYTE SPECIALISTS (G.E.C.): An informal association of specialists for charophyte algae (paleontologists and botanists) from European countries.

European Society for Evolutionary Biology. The objectives of the Society are to support the study of organic evolution and the integration of those scientific fields that are concerned with evolution: molecular and microbial evolution, behaviour, genetics, ecology, life histories, development, paleontology, systematics and morphology.

Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program (ETE). The ETE Consortium was formed by a group of professional researchers in paleontology to oversee all aspects of the ETE Database, a computerized database for research in evolutionary paleoecology. The ETE Program is is affiliated with the Departments of Paleobiology and Anthropology (Human Origins Program) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

The Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI). ETI is a non governmental organisation in operational relations with UNESCO. Their mission is to develop and produce scientific and educational computer aided information systems, to improve the general access to, and to promote the broad use of taxonomic and biodiversity knowledge worldwide.

Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group (Deep Green). Understanding the Diversity of Plants. The purpose of the "Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group" is to facilitate or initiate interaction between distinct research groups that have independent foci yet entail some aspect of green plant phylogeny or systematics.

International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT). IAPT is dedicated to organismal biodiversity the extent, recognition, organization, evolution, and naming of plants and fungi, both living and fossil.

International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA)

International Center for Scientific Research. Links towards scientific societies, research institutes and universities all over the world wide web as well as a directory of researchers, sorted by topic.

International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). ICS is the only organisation concerned with stratigraphy on a global scale. One of its major objectives are the establishment of a standard, globally applicable stratigraphic scale, which it seeks to achieve through the co-ordinated contributions of a network of Subcommissions and Working Groups with a specific, limited mandate.

International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCOP). The ICCP members are engaged in many different branches, fundamental and applied, of coal and organic petrology.

International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS). IFPS is a federation of regional, national, linguistic, and specialist palynological organizations of the world. Its goals are to advance knowledge in palynology and related subjects by promotion of international cooperation and sponsorship of regular meetings between palynologists of all countries and regions.

International "Fossil Algae" Association. The International "Fossil Algae" Association is a non-profit organization interested in promoting the study of fossil algae, e.g. taxonomy, morphology, biology, biostratigraphy, palaeo-ecology and mineralization.

The International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP), UNESCO HQ, Paris. IGCP is a joint endeavour of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) and IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences).

International Humic Substances Society: The motto of IHSS is "To Advance the Knowledge, Research and Application of Humic Substances". For scientists with interest in humic substances in the coal, soil, and water sciences, and to provide opportunities for them to exchange ideas, skills, and viewpoints.

The International Nannoplankton Association (hosted by The Natural History Museum in London): INA is a semi-formal association of scientists worldwide who have an interest in living or fossil nannoplankton - including coccolithophores, nannoliths, and other nannofossils such as silicoflagellates and calcisphere.

International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). IOPI manages a series of cooperative international projects that aim to create databases of plant taxonomic information.

! The International Organisation of Palaeobotany (IOP). While there are numerous regional associations of palaeontologists and paleobotanists, IOP is the only organization that encompasses palaeobotanists throughout the world.

International Organization of Plant Biosystematists

International Palaeontologial Association (I.P.A.). The aim of the I.P.A. is to promote and coordinate international cooperation in palaeontology, including palaeobotany and palaeozoology of all geological periods, and to encourage the integration and synthesis of all palaeontological knowledge.

The International Plant Taphonomy Meeting. The International Plant Taphonomy Meetings are informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy.

The International Research Group on Charophytes (IRGC). The aims of IRGC are to promote and coordinate international cooperation in charophyte research, including living and fossil material of all geological periods, and to encourage the integration and synthesis of all aspects of both botanical and paleobotanical study of charophytes.

International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). IUBS is a non-governmental, non-profit organization to promote the study of biological sciences; to initiate, facilitate and coordinate research and other scientific activities that require international cooperation; to ensure the discussion and dissemination of the results of cooperative research, international conferences and to assist in the publication of their reports.

International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). The IUGS is one of the largest and most active non-governmental scientific organizations in the world. IUGS promotes and encourages the study of geological problems, especially those of world-wide significance, and supports and facilitates international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the earth sciences. Go to:
International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). The ICS is the largest scientific body within the International Union of Geological Sciences. It is also the only organisation concerned with stratigraphy on a global scale.

The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). IUSS is the global union of soil scientists.

International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany (IWPG).

! The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS). TMS exists to advance the education of the public in the study of micropalaeontology. go to: Palynology.

MORPH (supported by the National Science Foundation, website hosted by University of Colorado, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology).

PAGES (a core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)).

The Palaeobotanical Society, Lucknow, India. The object of the society is the promotion of palaeobotany and allied sciences. The Palaeobotanical Society is an affiliated society of the International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS) and the International Organization of Palaeobotany (IOP).

The Palaeontological Association. The Palaeontological Association is one of the most active and prominent of the numerous societies that today cater for palaeontological interests.

Curtis C. Bentley: The Paleobiological Fund. The Paleobiological Fund is established to support and enhance paleobiological and paleontological research and education in order to increase our knowledge about the evolution of all life forms and processes through fossil data.

The Paleontological Society. The Paleontological Society is an international organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of the science of paleontology. Go to:
! Paleontological Journals Online ("Paleobiology" and "Journal of Paleontology"). Go to: View Archives. So far as I have seen full access until the end of year! Excellent!

Progressive Palaeontology (the Palaeontological Association): Progressive Palaeontology is an annual conference for postgraduate research students who wish to present their results at at any stage of their research.

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP). TSOP was established to consolidate and foster the organizational activities of scientists and engineers involved with coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry and related disciplines. This site is hosted by the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). Improving preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society.

Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy (STS). Under the auspicities of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), the STS is charged with the establishment of a standard, globally applicable stratigraphic scale for the Triassic system.

The Systematics Association. The Systematics Association is commited to furthering all aspects of Systematic biology.

The Tertiary Research Group. The Tertiary Research Group is a London-based, specialist Geological Society, which brings together amateur and professional geologists with an interest in the Tertiary period worldwide.

Quaternary Research Association (QRA). QRA is an organisation comprising archaeologists, botanists, civil engineers, geographers, geologists, soil scientists, zoologists and others interested in research into the problems of the Quaternary. The majority of members reside in Great Britain, but membership also extends to most European countries, North America, Africa and Australasia.


For further questions

! The Library, Scholarly Societies Project, University of Waterloo Ontario, Canada: Resources of Scholarly Societies - Subject Guide. This is a list of subject categories under which electronic resources of scholarly societies have been grouped. No similar page on resources of scholarly societies exists anywhere on the Internet. Go to Earth Sciences. Excellent!

Places of Palaeobotanical Research in Argentina

Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica (ALB)

Asociación Latinoamericana de Paleobotánica y Palinología. In Spanish and Portuguese. See also: Noticias (PDF file).

Asociación Geológica Argentina

Asociación Paleontológica Argentina

! Links for Palaeobotanists: Progress in Palaeobotany and Palynology.

Mariano Magnussen Saffer: PaleoWeb Argentina (in Spanish).

(G.R. Guerstein, Beatriz Monica Gutiérrez Téllez, L.C. Ruiz); Departamento de Geologia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca

(Carlos Azcuy, Mercedes di Pasquo, Cecilia Rodríguez Amenábar); Laboratory of Palynology and Palynology, Geology Department of the University of Buenos Aires

(María A. Agullo, E.J. Romero, Maria del Carmen Zamaloa); Lab. Paleobotánica, Lab. Sist. Plantas Vasculares, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. See also: Personal que trabaja en el Departamento.

(C.A. Parica, R.A. del Valle); Departamento Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto Antartico Argentino, Buenos Aires

(Carlos Leopoldo Azcuy, S.N. Césary, P.R. Gutierrez, E.G. Ottone, M.B. Remesal, F.M. Salani); CONICET, (see also: http://www.arcride.edu.ar/gefacs/), Departamento Ciencias Geologicos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires

(S. Archangelsky, M.A. Caccavari, Georgina Marisa Del Fueyo, Liliana Villar de Seoane, J.C. Vega, W. Volkheimer, A.M. Zavattieri); División Paleobotánica, MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES, "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires,
and http://unesco.org.uy/mab/dir97/3arg.html

(Viviana Barreda, Susana Palamarczuk) Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geológicos, Buenos Aires

(C.A. Parica); Instituto Antártico Argentino, Buenos Aires.
See also http://shark1.esrin.esa.it:8000/idniaa027

(L.M. Anzotegui, A. Crisafulli, L.R. Mautino); (Programa de Investigaciones geologicas y paleontologicas), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes

(Mariana Brea, Alejandro Fabián Zucol); Laboratorio de Paleobotánica, (Laboratorio de Palinología), Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología, Diamante

(Mercedes Beatriz Prámparo, C.V. Rubinstein); Unidad de Paleopalinología-Departamento de Geología, IANIGLA-CRICYT, Mendoza

(Analía E. Artabe, Mariana Brea, Daniel Ganuza, Eduardo Morel, María Cristina Tellería, Alba Berta Zamuner, Adolfo Zúñiga); Cátedra de Paleobotánica, (División Paleobotánica), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata (Buenos Aires).

(Ana Archangelsky, Rubén Cúneo); Museo Paleontológico "Egidio Feruglio", Trelew, Trelew, Chubut
(At present time web link is oviously broken). See also here and there.

(H.A. Carrizo, S.M.N. de Rodriguez); Área de paleobotánica, Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

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Association of Australasian Palaeontologists

Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)

The Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG). The AIG is the leading professional association exclusively representing geoscience professionals employed in all sectors of industry, government, education and research throughout Australia.

The Australian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS). The aim of ASBS, an incorporated association of over 300 people, is to promote the study of plant systematics.

Charles Sturt University: Guide to Australia: Science. This is an encyclopaedic collection of essential information about Australia.

Geological Society of Australia: Resources (GeoLinks).

Geoscience Australia. Go to Maps and Images of Australian Geoscience.

Geoscience Portal (an initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee). Information of State, Territory and Australian Government Geoscience Agencies.

MinServ (Mineral Services): Australian Geology Section, Australian Geology Links.

! MUCEP, Macquarie University Centre for Ecostratigraphy and Palaeobiology Sydney, NSW, Australia: Directory of Australasian Palaeontologists. PDF file, 2. edition, 1997. Including a taxomonic index. See also here.

The Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia (PACSOA): PACSOA is a group of affiliated, semi-autonomous, regional Palm and/or Cycad Societies, based in Brisbane, Queensland.

Ian Wright and Mark Westoby, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia: ARC-NZ Research Network for Vegetation Function (supported by Australian Research Council and by Landcare New Zealand). The Network for Vegetation Function spans from functional genomics through ecophysiology and functional ecology to global change and evolutionary history. The Network pursues research by bringing people from different disciplines together in working groups.

(J. Conran, D.F. Gröcke, R.S. Hill); Taxonomy and Systematics, Department of Plant Science, University of Adelaide

(T.J. Brodribb); Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide

(J. Adams); Department of Geographical and Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide

(D.G. Green); The Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales

(A.D. Partridge, J.A. Webb); School of Earth Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria

(H. Hashemi, G. Playford); Department of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane

(J.F. Rigby); School of Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

(H.T. Clifford, N. Camilleri, Mary Dettmann); Palaeontology and Geology, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane

(Simon Haberle, Geoff Hope, Mike MacPhail, Mat Prebble, Janelle Stevenson); "PalaeoWorks", Department of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra.
Palaeoecology and archaeobotany in the Asia-Pacific region.

(Clinton Foster); Geoscience Australia, (formerly the AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION, AGSO), Canberra

(Elisabeth Truswell); Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, the Australian National University, Canberra

(M. Bird); Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra

(G. Hope); Department of Biogeography and Geomorphology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra

(G. Atkin, D. Buckle, Geoffery S. Hope et al., Mike K. Macphail); Department of Archaeology & Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra

Research School of Biological Sciences (RSBS), Australian National University, Canberra

(G. Atkin, D. Buckle, Geoffery S. Hope et al., Mike K. Macphail); Department of Archaeology & Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra

(J. Luly); Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography (TESAG), James Cook University of North Queensland, Cairns and Townsville

(A. Bothe, John Grindrod, Peter Kershaw et al., G.M. McKenzie, Sander van der Kaars); Centre for Palynology and Palaeoecology (CPP), Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria

(W. Kilkeary); School of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Northern Territory University, Darwin

(A. Rozefelds); Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

(R.J. Carpenter, R.S. Hill, Gregory J. Jordan, M.S. Pole, Leonie Scriven, S.S. Whang); School of Plant Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart

(L.J. Scriven); Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart

(Darren Baldyga, Meredith A. Banks, Barbara J. Puchalski, Mark J. Scarr, David C. Steart, Anthony J. Vadala, Michael R. Whyms); Palaeobotany Research Group, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne

(David Cantrill); Research, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

(John Backhouse, Basil Balme); Department of Geology & Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, (?Crawley), Nedlands

(Lynne A. Milne); Department of Geography, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands

International Stratigraphic Consultants, North Fremantle, Western Australia.

(Eroia Barone-Nugent, Anne Bohte, D.J. Cantrill, Anna Carrucan, M. Cupper, Jack Douglas, A. Doust, Andrew Drinnan, Celeste Kremer, Stephen McLoughlin, Nathalie Nagalingum, Anne-Marie Tosolini, Anthony Vadala); Isabel C. Cookson Laboratory, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria.

(B. Balme, H.K. Waterhouse); Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Western Australia, Perth

(J. Backhouse, K. Grey); Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth

(E.J. Pickett); Department of Geography, University of Western Australia, Perth

(S.J. Moss); School of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

(H.A. Martin); School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales

(Mary E. White); Australian Museum, Sydney

(K. D. Hill); National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

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! Arbeitskreis für Paläobotanik & Palynologie (APP). German palaeobotany newsletter, website hosted by "Paläontologische Gesellschaft" (PDF files).

Austrian Academic Portal. This is the portal to Austrian institutions concerned with science and humanities, research, education and culture.

Austrian National Committee of Geology (in German).

Helmut W. Flügel, Commission of the palaeontological and stratigraphical research of Austria, Austrian Academy of Sciences: Austrofossil. Information on taxonomic groups, localities and lithostratigraphical units, references, and status and repository of animal and plant fossils found in Austria - 23.000 species and growing.

J. Georg Friebe, inatura, Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn: Erdwissenschaften in Österreich. Geoscience in Austria (in German).

! The International Plant Taphonomy Meeting. The International Plant Taphonomy Meetings are informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy.

Paläobotanisch-biostratigrafische Arbeitsgruppe (PBA). PBA is an association of professional and amateur palaeontologists working in the field of palaeobotany (chiefly Paleogene and Neogene). Members are from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands and Switzerland.

! Österreichische Paläontologische Gesellschaft. The Austrian Palaeontological Society.

! Paläontologische Gesellschaft An association not only for German speaking palaeontologists. Go to:
! Some Member Homepages (in German). See also:
Events, and
Special Exhibits (in German). Palaeontology calendar about temporary exhibitions, public speeches and other events. Data provided by members of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft.

Institute for Geology and Palaeontology, Salzburg: Institutes for Geosciences in Austria

Institute of Palaeontology, University of Vienna: Links. Go to: Geosciences in Austria.

(B. Hubmann, W. Piller); Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz

(Sigmar Bortenschlager, Jean Nicolas Haas, Walter Oberhuber, Klaus Oeggl); Systematics, Palynology and Geobotany, Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck

(K. Krainer, W. Mette); Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Innsbruck

Botanischer Garten / Zentrum für Paläobotanik, Kärntner Botanikzentrum, Klagenfurt

(Christa-Charlotte Hofmann, David K. Ferguson et al., Sabine Kottig, Barbara Meller, M. Sachse, Reinhard Zetter) Palaeobotany & Palynology, Department of Paleontology, Vienna

(Otto Cichocki, Andreas G. Heiss, Ursula Thanheiser); Dendrochronology and Archaeobotany, Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS), University of Vienna

(Anita Caneppele, Andreas G. Heiss, Marianne Kohler-Schneider); Archaeobotany Team, Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna

(Michael Grabherr); Dendrochronology, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna

Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Museum of Natural History, Vienna

Department of Systematics and Evolution of Higher Plants, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Vienna

(I. Draxler); Geological Survey of Austria, (Geologische Bundesanstalt), Vienna

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The International Plant Taphonomy Meeting. The International Plant Taphonomy Meetings are informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy.

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris: Sciences de la Terre,
Natural History Science Museums in France, and
Les associations géologiques.
Link directories, in French.

Organisation Française de Paléobotanique. Including the OFP Information (in French). Go to: List of members.

(F. Damblon, T. Smith, R. Vanhoorne); Section 10. Micropaléontologie et paléobotanique, Département de Paléontologie, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels

(Anne-Christine Gouder); Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux, Gembloux

(S. Louwye, Joakim Samuelsson, H. Slimani, J. Verniers); Lab. Paleontologie, Research Unit for Marine and Coastal Geomorphology, Research Unit Palaeontology, Department of Geology and Pedology, Ghent University, Ghent

(Koen Deforce, Bart Klinck, L. Meersschaert, Nathalie van der Putten, Cyriel Verbruggen et al.) Laboratory for Palaeo-ecology and Landschapegenesis, Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent See also here

(S. Helsen); Section Historical Geology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven See also here.

(Muriel Fairon-Demaret, Philippe Gerrienne, Isabelle Leponce, T. Servais, Philippe Steemans, Maurice Streel, M. Vanguestaine et al. Bastien Wauthoz); L'unité de Paléobotanique - Paléopalynologie - Micropaléontologie (PPM) du Département de Géologie de l'Université de Liegè

(T. Smith, S.A. Warney); Unité de paléontologie et paléogéographie, département de géologie et de géographie, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

(A.-V. Munaut); Laboratoire de palynologie, Unité de botanique générale, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

(C. Dupuis); Lab. de Géologie, Faculté Polytechnique, Mons

(H. Beeckman, H. Doutrelepont, Émile Roche); Département d´Economie agricole et forestière, Musée royal de l´Afrique centrale, Tervuren

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Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC). Go to Ciências da Terra, and Ciências Biológicas.

Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica (ALB)

Asociación Latinoamericana de Paleobotánica y Palinología

Biólogo, Brazil: Paleobotânica.

Comissão Brasileira de Sítios Geológicos e Paleobiológicos. Brazilian Commission of Geological and Paleobiological Sites.

Geobrasil. A new geology magazine. Go to: Virtual Excursions, and National and International Links.

! Links for Palaeobotanists: Progress in Palaeobotany and Palynology.

PalyPort. Grupo Informal de Palinólogos de Língua Portuguesa (The Portuguese Palynologists Group). Go to: Links.

Serviço Geológico do Brasil. See also: The Geological Survey of Brazil.

Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia (SBP). See also here.

Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil: SÍTIOS PUBLICADOS NA INTERNET.

Home Pages de Universidades Brasileiras

Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília: Geo-Sites in the World Wide Web.

(M.G. Parizzi); Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Minas Gerais, 30000 Belo Horizonte

(K.R. Ferraz-Vicentini, M.H.R. Hessel, M.L. Salgado-Labouriau); Departamento de Geologia Geral e Aplicada, Dep. de Geociências, Univ. de Brasilia, Brasilia

(Sheila Merlotti); Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis

(C.A. Borttoluzzi, M. Cazzulo-Klepzig, M.E. Dias, Margot Guerra-Sommer, Michael Holz, Roberto Iannuzzi, M. Marques-Toigo, Etiene F. Pires); Paleobotanica e Biostratigrafia, Paleontologia, and Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia (see also here, and there), Instituto de Geosciêncas (IG/UFRGS), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Sul, Porto Alegre

(M.L. Lorscheitter); Dep. Botanica, Inst. de Biociôncias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre

(R. Rohn); Departamento de Geologia Sedimentar, Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA (UNESP), Rio Claro, (~200 km from the São Paulo city).

(L. Duarte); Dep. Biol. Anim. Veg., Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro

(L.S. da Rosa Alves); Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

(R.R. Andreis, Ortrud Monika Barth, L. Borghi, Marcelo de Araujo Carvalho); Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro

(R. Dino); Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, PETROBRAS, Rio de Janeiro

(J.H.G. Melo); Centro de Pesquisas, Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro

(J.H. Millan, D. Mussa); Museu Nacional, Dep. de Geologia e Paleontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro

(Tânia Lindner Dutra); Departamento de Geologia, Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas, Universidade Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo

(F. de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, M.V. da Cruz Barros, L. Esteves, E.A. Lopes, H. Makino Watanabe, T.S.A. Melheim, M.E.F. Silvestre Capelato); Instituto de Botanica, Universidade de São Paulo

(T. Fairchild, F.C. Fittipaldi, S. Mezzalira, R. Murilo de Lima, M.E.C. Bernardes de Oliveira, F. Ricardi, R. Rohn, O. Rosler, C. Simonetti, P. de Souza Cristalli); Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia (DPE), Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo

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Paleontology World (by Adium.net). All about palaeontology in Bulgaria.

Geology in Bulgaria

(T. Dimitrova, N. Ognjanova-Rumenova, Polina Pavlishina, E.d. Popova); Department of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia

(Dimiter Ivanov, Vladimir Bozukov, Boris Tsenov, Maria Lazarova, Maria Petrova, Nadezhda Djorgova, Zhana Terzieva); Department of Paleobotany and Pollen Analysis, Institute of Botany, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia

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Alberta Palaeontological Society, Calgary, Alberta.

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Inc. (AASP). The AASP Foundation publishes the journal Palynology (annually), the AASP Newsletter (quarterly), and the AASP Contributions Series (mostly monographs, issued irregularly), as well as several books and miscellaneous items.

American Geological Institute: Earth Science Education. Go to: Guide to Geoscience Departments.

Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP). Members of CAP are palynologists from universities, industry and government agencies. The association focusses on palynology from all geologic eras, spanning the Palaeozoic to the Quaternary. Palynologists from all branches of the discipline, from stratigraphic palynology, to palaeoecology, to melissopalynology, participate in the Association.

The Canadian Botanical Association (CBA/ABC) L'Association Botanique du Canada. The Canadian Botanical Association represents Canadian Botany and botanists in the national and international arenas and responds rapidly and professionally on matters that are of concern to Canadian botanists.

The Canadian Geoscience Council (CGC):
! Geoscience Departments in Canadian Universities.

! The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN): CHIN is a national centre of excellence that provides a visible face to Canada's heritage through the world of networked information. Go to:
Artefacts Canada, Natural Sciences. Artefacts Canada Natural Sciences is a database based on the collections information provided by contributing museums. Images are displayed when available! Go to:
Botany,
Palynology, or
Palaeontology.

Canadian Society for Coal Science and Organic Petrology (CSCSOP). Their aim is to encourage and promote the practice, research and development of coal science in Canada and abroad through the practice of coal petrography and geochemistry.

Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG).

The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN), Canada.

Timothy Heaton, University of South Dakota: Geoscience Departments WWW Directory, U.S. & Canada.

! Links for Palaeobotanists: Progress in Palaeobotany and Palynology.

Natural Resources Canada: Earth Sciences Sector > Geological Survey of Canada > Paleontology Paleontology, and Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian paleontology. Accounts, stories and anecdotes about the people who collected or studied specific Canadian fossils.

Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Calgary

! Paleontology Division of the Geological Association of Canada. The Paleontology Division of the Geological Association of Canada facilitates communication among Canadian paleontologists and helps co-ordinate their activities.

(David R. Greenwood); Environmental Science Program, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba

(G.H. Guthrie, Marlow G. Pellatt, Rolf W. Mathewes); Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia

(T.R. Demchuk, L.V. Hills, K. Núñez-Betelu); Palynology at The University of Calgary, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Calgary, Alberta

(J. Jansonius, Art Sweet, John Utting, James White); Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, Alberta

(N.F. Alley); Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Alberta

(R.M. Kalgutkar); Inst. Sedimentary Petroleum Geol., Calgary, Alberta

(E.H. Davies); Branta Biostratigraphy Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

(L.D. Fortner); International Division, PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, Calgary, Alberta

(R.A. Fensome); Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

(K.R. Aulenback, D. Braman, E.B. Koppelhus); Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta

(Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, R.S. Currah, Sheila D. Douglas, Diane M. Erwin, A.B. Falder, Genaro R. Hernandez-Castillo, Georgia L. Hoffman, T.C. Lantz, Athena D. McKown, B.A. LePage, Stefan A. Little, Michael G. Riley, Selena Y. Smith, R.A. Stockey et al.); Systematics and Evolution Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

(C. Schweger); Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

(I.D. Campbell); Department of Natural Resources Canada, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta

(A.B. Beaudoin); Palynology Laboratory Collections, Human History, Archaeology Collections, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton

(L.C. Cwynar); Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

(Rodney A. Savidge); Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

(P.G. Kevan); Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario

(J.H. Calder, Howard Falcon-Lang); Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

(J.H. Calder); Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Halifax, Nova Scotia

(Deborah Skilliter); Department of Geology, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Halifax

(M. Heinrichs, I.R. Walker); Department of Biology, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia

(B. Mamet); Département de Géologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec

(A. Larouche, M. Morasse, P.J.H. Richard); Palynologie, Département de géographie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec

(G. Chmura, V. Pospelova); Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

(E.M.V. Nambudiri); Department of Biology, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario

(G.K. Colbath); Department of Earth Science, Cerritos Community College, Norwalk

(Konrad Gajewski); Laboratory of Paleoclimatology and Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

(T.W. Anderson, R.E. Vance); Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

(D. Jarzen); Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario

(J. Potter, A.P. Beaton, W.J. McDougall, E.M.V. Nambudiri, L.W. Vigrass); Energy Research Unit, College West, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan

(M.A. Vetter); Luther College, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan

(A. Achab, E. Asselin, M. Garneau, D. Lavoie, J.M. Mussard, A. Soufiane); Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Géoressources, and Geological Survey of Canada, Québec, Centre Géoscientifique de Québec, Sainte-Foy, Québec

(James Basinger et al., C.A. Coyne, S.D. Harker, D.L. Lindsay Postnikoff); Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

(E.L. Zodrow); Department of Earth Sciences, University College of Cape Breton (UCCB), Sydney, Nova Scotia

(F. McCarthy, K. Gostlin); Earth Science Department, Brock University, St Catherines, Ontario

(A.R. Bashfort, P.H. Benham, E.T. Burden); Centre for Earth Resources Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John´s, Newfoundland

(J.B. Macpherson); Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John´s, Newfoundland

(W.D. Boyce); Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John´s, NF

(C.E. Anstey, B.V. Awai-Thorne, O.A. Colmenares, E.H. Davis, L. de Verteuil, A. Fasola, M.J. Head, S.M. Kolev, G. Norris, S. Ouyang, P.A. Zippi); Geology Department, University of Toronto, Ontario

(J.H. McAndrews); Ecology, Applied Ecology, Palaeoecology, Microbiology and Limnology, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Ontario

(J.E. Eckenwalder, J.N. Haas, J.H. McAndrews); Department of Botany, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

(A.S. Chang, M.N. Lamberson, F.J.R. Taylor); Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

(Sebastian Molnar); R. Redfield's Research Lab, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

(R. Hebda); Royal British Columbia Museum, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

(J.A. Legault, S. Vardy); Wetlands Research Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

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Places of Palaeobotanical Research in Chile

Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica (ALB)

Asociación Latinoamericana de Paleobotánica y Palinología, and here. In Spanish and Portuguese. See also: Noticias (PDF file).

Sociedad de Botánica de Chile

(M. Leppe Cartes, S. Palma-Heldt); Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Concepción

(Marcelo Leppe Cartes); Departamento Científico, Instituto Antártico Chileno, Punta Arenas

(G.I. Rojas Villegas, A. Troncoso Aguilar); Paleobotanica, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile

(L.F. Hinojosa, C. Villagran); Departamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Santiago de Chile

(Teresa de las Mercedes Torres Gonzalez); Fac. Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile

(Teresa Torres); Paleobotanica, Programa Institucional Antártico, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile

A. Seelenfreund); Departamento de Antropologia, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile

(Teresa de las Mercedes Torres Gonzalez, Humberto Galleguillos, Lorena Galleguillos, Abel Prieur); Paleobotánica, Instituto Antártico Chileno, Santiago de Chile

(Alejandro Troncoso); Departamento Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad de Talca

(A. Lara); Instituto de Silvicultura, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia

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Places of Palaeobotanical Research in China

CHINESE ACADEMY OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES (CAGS).

The Geological Society of China

CHINESE UNIVERSITIES (INSTITUTES).

Huayu Nature Book Trade Co. Ltd., Beijing, P.R.China: Paleobotany and Palynology, and Paleontology. A great place to look.

Qi-Gao Sun (2005): The rise of Chinese palaeobotany, emphasizing the global context. Abstract, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 241: 293-298.

Department of Geological Sciences, University College London: Geosciences in the Far East. University Earth and Planetary Sciences departments, Academies, Institutions, and Surveys.

(K. Sun, Zhang Wangping); China University of Geosciences, Beijing

(Shougang Hao, Wang Qi, De-Ming Wang); Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Department of Geology, PKU, Peking University, Beijing

(Tian-Bao-Lin-Jianglin-Chang); China Univ. Mining Technol., Beijing

(B. Geng, J. Hilton, Liu-Yan-Ju, Li-Cheng-Sen); Herbarium, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

(Sun Bainian); Department of Geology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou

(Chong-Yang Cai, Xing-Xue Li, Lu-Jun Liu, Yi Wang, Xiu-Yuan Wu, Zhao-Qi Yao, Shan-Zhen Zhang, Xiu-Hu Zhao, Zheng-Yao Cao, Sheng-Wu Mei, Ge Sun, Shun-Qing Wu, Xiang-Wu Wu, Yong-Dong Wang, Zhi-Yan Zhou, Shuang-Xing Guo, Qin Leng, Hao-Min Li, Yu-Sheng Liu); Department of Palaeobotany, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing

Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

(Jiarong Mi); Department of Geography, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin

Places of Palaeobotanical Research in the Colombia

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Places of Palaeobotanical Research in the Czech Republic

Ondøej Bábek, Department of Geology, Palacký University of Olomouc: Links with sites in the Czech Republic. In Czech.

Czech Geological Society (CGS). CGS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

Czech Geological Survey

(F. Kühn); Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno

(E. Rybnikova, K.Rybnicek, H. Svobodova); Department of Systematic Botany and Geobotany Brno

(Eva Brízová); Czech Geological Survey, Klárov

(Jana Drabkova, Josef Psenicka); Department of Palaeontology, West Bohemian Museum, Plzen

(J. Bek, Olda Fatka, Zlatko Kvacek et al., R. Mikulas, Stanislav Oplustil, B. Pacltová, J. Sakala, David Uli, Denisa Získalová); Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Charles University, Prague

(Jirí Kvacek, Milan Libertin, Renata Pátová); Department of Palaeontology, National Museum, Prague

(Zbynek Simunek, simunek@cgu.cz; E. Knobloch); Czech Geological Survey, Prague

(R. Mikulas); Geologicky Ustav Akademie Ved Ceske Republiky, Prague

(Jirí Bek, M. Konzalová, Marcela Svobodová, M. Vavrdová, D. Ziskalová); Laboratory of Paleobiology and Paleoecology, Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

(Petr Pokorny); Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

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Places of Palaeobotanical Research in Denmark

(O. Bennike, T. Hoelstad); Geological Society of Denmark

The Danish Lithosphere Centre (DLC). DLC is an independent research centre funded by the Danish National Research Foundation and hosted by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and the Geological Institute at the University of Copenhagen. DLC is one of five Earth Science institutes forming the new 'Geocenter Copenhagen' hosted by the University of Copenhagen. The other Geocenter institutes are: the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Geological Institute, Institute of Geography, and Geological Museum.

(Stefan Clausen, W.L. Friedrich, Claus Konradsen, Jakob Lanstorp, J.J. Lund, Margrethe Madsen, Kaj Raunsgård Pedersen et al.); Palaeobotany and Palynology, Department of Earth Sciences, Aarhus

(A. Boyd, C. Thomsen); Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen

(O. Bennike, E. Bundgaard Koppelhus, H. Nøhr-Hansen, Niels E. Poulsen, L. Roncaglia, P. Schiøler); Geological Survey Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen

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European Palaeobotanical and Palaeontological Institutions

Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF). CETAF was initiated in 1996 with the aims of promoting research in systematic biology and palaeobiology.

CORDIS, Community Research and Development Information Service, Luxembourg (an initiative of the European Commission). CORDIS provides information about Research and Development sponsored and supported by the European Union. Search on criteria such as subject, programme acronyms, countries, organisation types, collaboration types and collaboration interests.

European Asssociation of Organic Geochemistry

EUROPEAN GROUP OF CHAROPHYTE SPECIALISTS (G.E.C.): An informal association of specialists for charophyte algae (paleontologists and botanists) from European countries.

European Palaeontological Association (EPA). Under construction.

European Society for Evolutionary Biology. The objectives of the Society are to support the study of organic evolution and the integration of those scientific fields that are concerned with evolution: molecular and microbial evolution, behaviour, genetics, ecology, life histories, development, paleontology, systematics and morphology.

Group of European Charophytologists (GEC)

Group T Media: Scienceineurope.NET. Resources on science and technology. More than 150 000 links across 25 countries in Europe.

The International Plant Taphonomy Meeting. The International Plant Taphonomy Meetings are informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy.

The Tertiary Research Group. The Tertiary Research Group is a London-based, specialist Geological Society, which brings together amateur and professional geologists with an interest in the Tertiary period worldwide.

Places of Palaeobotanical Research in Finland

The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) The primary tasks of the GTK are in mapping the Earth's surface using geological, geophysical and geochemical methods and in searching for exploitable resources in both bedrock and surficial deposits, including peat reserves.

(Yrjö Vasari); Herbarium, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

(Anneli Uutela); Geological Museum, Helsinki University, (Finnish Museum of Natural History), Helsinki

(R.-L. Huttunen); Laboratory of Micropaleontology, Institute of Geosciences, University of Oulu

(K.F. Helmens, P. Kuhry); Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi

(T. Lempiäinen); Department of Biology, University of Turku

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Places of Palaeobotanical Research in France

Association Paleontologique Francaise (broken link, go via wayback archive). The leading French paleontolological society.

Daniel Barthélémy, l'UMR CIRAD-CNRS-INRA-Université Montpellier II: Botanique et Bioinformatique de l'Architecture des Plantes (AMAP). In French. Go to: Equipe 1.

The International Plant Taphonomy Meeting. The International Plant Taphonomy Meetings are informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy.

MINISTERE DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE, DE LA RECHERCHE ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE: French universities and higher education institutes (in French).

! Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris: Sciences de la Terre,
Natural History Science Museums in France, and
Les associations géologiques.
Link directories, in French.

Organisation Française de Paléobotanique. Including the OFP Information (in French). Go to: List of members.

Société Française de Systématique. In French.

(R. Gourvennec, Bruno Granier, Alain le Hérissé); Paléontologie, Département des Sciences de la Terre (Géologie), Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest

(J.P. Garcia, J. Lang); Paléontologie analytique et géologie sédimentaire, Centre des Sci. de la Terre, Universite Bourgogne, Dijon

(A. Blieck, C. Brousmiche, A.-M. Candilier, R. Cloutier, R. Coquel, J-P. Laveine, S. Loboziak, Michael Montenari, J.-L. Schneider, T. Servais); Laboratoire de Paléontologie et Paléogéographie du Paléozoïque, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille

Lyon: Go to: Villeurbanne

(T. Nakagawa, G. Garfì, M. Reille); Laboratoire de Botanique Historique et Palynologie, Faculté de St-Jérôme, Université d´Aix-Marseille III, Marseille

(P. Quézel); Institut méditerranéen d´Ecologie et de Paléoécologie, Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie méditerranéenne, Faculté de Sciences et Techniques de St-Jérôme, Université d´Aix-Marseille III, Marseille

(Jacques Louis de Beaulieu); Paléoenvironnements et Paléoclimats, Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et de Paléoécologie (IMEP), Facultés des Sciences St-Jérôme, Marseille

(Julian Wiethold); Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (INRAP), Direction interrégionale Grand-Est Nord, Laboratoire archéobotanique, Metz

(J.-L. Bousquet, C. Cavagnetto, M. Feist, M. Feist, Jean Galtier et al., P. Guinet, R. Hébant-Mauri, Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud, Nick Rowe, J. Sarfati, Aude Soria, I. Soulié-Märsche); L´Equipe Paléoenvironnement & Palynologie, Laboratoire de Paléobotanique, Institut des Sciences de l´Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier. See also here, and there.

(Jean-Louis Vernet); Laboratoire de Paléobotanique, Paléoenvironnements et Anthropisation, Université de Montpellier II, Institut de Botanique, Montpellier

(F. Bazile, Martin Darius Bengo, I. Figueiral, P. Roiron, J.L. Vernet); Paléoenvironnements Anthracologie et Action de l´homme, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier

(V. Huault); Géologie et Gestion des Ressources Minérales et Energétiques, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy

(D. Fauconnier); Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Miniere Français (BRGM), Orléans la Source

(Y. Bailly-Attims, Jean Broutin et al., D. de Franceschi, E. Masure, Thanh Thuy Nguyen Tu, D. Pons, C. Privé-Gill, C. Vozenin-Serra); Collection de Paléobotanique, Laboratoire de Paléobotanique et Paléoécologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris

(H. Bocherens, A. Mariotti, Thanh Thuy Nguyen Tu); Laboratoire de Biogéochimie Isotopique, Université Paris VI, Paris

(C. Blanc-Louvel, Dario De Franceschi, J. Dejax); Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle Paris, see also Scientific Publications, Paris

(V. Baudu, T. Hssaida, M.T. Morzadec-Kerfourn, F.P. Paris, M.-F. Ollivier-Pierre); Laboratoire de Paleontologie et Stratigraphie, Le laboratoire de sciences de la Terre "Géosciences Rennes" Universite de Rennes I, Rennes

(Léa Grauvogel-Stamm, M. Schuler); LITHOTHEQUE, and Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre (EOST), Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg

(Bernard Lugardon); Stratigraphie Séquentielle et Micro-Paléontologie, Laboratoire de Biologie végétale, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse

(Georges Barale, Véronique Daviero, Bernard Gomez, Gaetan Guignard, Yves Lemoigne, Mohammed Ouaja, Marc Philippe, Speranta-Maria Popescu, Elisabeth Samuel, Dora Srarfi, Frédéric Thevenard, Mélanie Thiebaut); Evolution des Végétaux dans les Paléoécosystèmes Continentaux et Paléogéographie, UMR5125 du CNRS & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne

(J.-P. Suc); Centre de Paléontologie stratigraphique et Paléoécologie, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, Villeurbanne

(J. Argant); Palynologie, Association de Recherche Paléoécologique en Archéologie, U.F.R. des Sciences de la Terre - Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne

CENTRE DE DATATION PAR LE RADIOCARBONE, U.F.R. des Sciences de la Terre - Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, Villeurbanne

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! Arbeitskreis für Paläobotanik & Palynologie (APP). German palaeobotany newsletter, website hosted by "Paläontologische Gesellschaft" (PDF files).

Bundesagentur für Arbeit (the former Arbeitsamt Online), Germany. Go to: Übersicht über alle Hochschulpanoramen (PDF files, in German).

! Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany: forschungsportal.net. Information about research in Germany. Search results are ranked and clustered by institutions.

Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (in German).

Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft e.V. (DBG), The German Botanical Society. The German Botanical Society represents the botanical sciences in the German speaking area and promotes botany in the framework of scientific biology on national and international grounds.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (DGG):
Links & Dienste - Deutschland,
Links & Dienste - Europa,
Internationale Forschungseinrichtungen, and
Administrative Einrichtungen (in German).

! Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn. DFG (the German Research Foundation) is the central, self-governing research organisation that promotes research at universities and other publicly financed research institutions in Germany. Go to: Senatskommission für Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsforschung (Geokommission). In German.

Deutsche Quartärvereinigung. e.V. (DEUQUA)

! Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission (DSK), the German Stratigraphic Commission. See also: Subkommission für Perm-Trias-Stratigraphie (in German).

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). The DAAD is an organisation of the institutions of higher education and student bodies in the Federal Republic of Germany, an institution for the promotion of international academic exchanges. See: Study and research in Germany.

Deutscher Dachverband für Geoinformation e.V.. The German umbrella organisation for geoinformation (in German).

Friedrich von Alberti Stiftung (In German). See also here.

Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS). Society for Biological Systematics. Go to: Fachgruppen, Paläontologen.

Die Globale Taxonomie Initiative GTI, Nationale Kontaktstelle Deutschland (part of the Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD, hosted by Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart). The objectives of the GTI are the provision of sufficient taxonomic capacities to fullfill the aims of the CBD, i.e. the protection and sustainable use of the components of biodiversity.

! Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw), Bayreuth, Germany: The web window into ongoing research at German Universities. Go to: Simple Search. You may also search for
Palaeobotany,
Palaeontology,
Palynology,
Palaeoclimate,
Botany, and
Geology
(in German). Excellent!

! The International Plant Taphonomy Meeting. The International Plant Taphonomy Meetings are informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy.

Fachschaft Geologie-Paläontologie, Universität zu Köln: Geo-Fachschaften an deutschen Universitäten (in German).

Reinhold Leinfelder (Palaeontology and Geobiology Munich), the Paläontologische Gesellschaft e.V.: www.palaeo.de. The German science portal for palaeontology, geobiology, biodiversity, Geology and more.

Reinhold Leinfelder (Palaeontology and Geobiology Munich), the Paläontologische Gesellschaft e.V.: Ask-A-Palaeontologist-Discussion forum. In German. You may also use this discussion forum in english. Anyone interested in Palaeontology may post a question; professional palaeontologists are requested to answer such questions in order to make questions and answers available to a greater public.

! Links for Palaeobotanists: Progress in Palaeobotany and Palynology.

Hannes Löser (Dresden; Hermosillo), Jürgen Kullmann (Tübingen) and Olga Dietl (Stuttgart): Datenbanken in der Paläontologie (in German).

A. Maas, Section for Biosystematic Documentation, University of Ulm, Germany: Natural History Museums in Germany (in German).

Paläobotanisch-biostratigrafische Arbeitsgruppe (PBA). PBA is an association of professional and amateur palaeontologists working in the field of palaeobotany (chiefly Paleogene and Neogene). Members are from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands and Switzerland.

! Paläontologische Gesellschaft An association not only for German speaking palaeontologists. Go to:
! Some Member Homepages (in German). See also:
Events, and
Special Exhibits (in German). Palaeontology calendar about temporary exhibitions, public speeches and other events. Data provided by members of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft.

R. Schoch, W. Kiessling & R. Leinfelder, Paläontologische Gesellschaft: Wo können Sie Paläontologie in Deutschland studieren? In German.

wSenatskommission für Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsforschung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): Diskussionsforum der Geokommission, Foren-Übersicht. Some memoirs about the new orientation of German Geosciences (in German).

! F.F. Steininger and U. Jansen, Naturmuseum und Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main: Die paläontologischen Sammlungen Deutschlands. Palaeontological collections in Germany, sorted in alphabetical order (PDF file). In German.

Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Würzburg: Geo-Fachschaften. A link directory, in German.

Zentralregister biologischer Forschungssammlungen in Deutschland (ZEFOD). The ZEFOD project is a co-operation of the German Centre for Documentation and Information in Agriculture (ZADI), the Botanical Institute and Botanic Garden of the University of Bonn and the Zoological Research Institute and Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK). Go to: Collections (in German).

(H. Hagemann, Ralf Littke et al., W. Püttmann); Lehrstuhl für Geologie, Geochemie und Lagerstätten des Erdöls und der Kohle, Aachen

(Hans-Joachim Gregor); Palaeo-Bavarian Geological Survey (PBGS), Naturmuseum Augsburg, Augsburg

(Ulrike Bertram); Ökologisch-Botanischer Garten, Universität Bayreuth, See also http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/vorlesungsverzeichnisse/stifross.htm

(Günther Rossmann); Rossmann Paleobotanic Foundation, University of Bayreuth

(Joachim Rabold); Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken, Bayreuth

(Manfred Barthel, Gusti Burmann, Rudolf Daber, D. Demske, René Grube, Hellmuth Jähnichen, Eberhardt Kahlert, Dieter H. Mai, Barbara Mohr, Ludwig Rüffle, Stephan Schultka, Herbert Süß, Veronika Wähnert); Sektion Paläobotanik, Institut für Paläontologie, Naturhistorisches Forschungsinstitut, Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. See also here (in German).

(Glenn Fechner, Helmut Keupp, Michael Schudack, Eberhard Schulz); Institute of Palaeontology, Freie Universität Berlin

(Jaqueline Strahl); Geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen Berlin, Bundesanstalt Geowissenschaften Rohstoffe (Hannover), Aussenstelle Berlin

(W. Frey, M. Hofmann, H.H. Hilger); Institut für Systematische Botanik Pflanzengeographie, Freie Universität Berlin

(Regine Jahn); Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Freie Universität Berlin

(Bernd-Dietrich Erdtmann, Eckart Schrank, Michael Steiner); Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften II, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin

(Arthur Brande); Institut für Ökologie und Biologie Umwelt und Gesellschaft, TU Berlin, Berlin

(F.A. Wittler); Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik, Ruhr Universität Bochum

(Carole Gee, Georg Heumann, Sabine Hettler, Norbert Kühl, Martin Mager, Thomas Litt et al., Nils Riedel, Martin Sander, Daniel Simonis); Palaeobotany, and Members of the Division for Palaeontology, Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology, Division for Palaeontology, University of Bonn

(Wilhelm Barthlott, Thomas Borsch, Jan-Peter Frahm); Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

(Oliver Esper, T. Hildebrand-Habel, C. Höll, Dorothea Janofske, H. Mai, Sebastian Meier, Ines Wendler, Jens Wendler, Helmut Willems et al., A. Vink, Karin Zonneveld); Historical Geology / Palaeontology, Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen

(J. Hahne, H.C.F. Kooistra-Wiebe, M. Kunz-Pirrung, L-K. Medlin, J. Matthiessen, U. Zielinski); Geowissenschaftliche Arbeitsgruppe der Forschungsstelle Potsdam, and Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven

(R. Rößler); Museum für Naturkunde, Chemnitz. See also here (in German).

(Carsten Brauckmann); Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Technische Universität Clausthal

(Jaqueline Strahl); Landesamt für Bergbau, Geologie und Rohstoffe Brandenburg, Cottbus

(U. Striegler); FG Botanik/Paläobotanik, Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein der Niederlausitz, Cottbus

(Susanne Feist-Burkhardt et al., Anette E. Götz, H. Jäger); Jurassic Microfossil Group, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Technische Universität Darmstadt

(Juliana Köhler); Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

(Thomas Heuse, Lutz Kunzmann, Harald Walther); Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden

(H. Kaiser; Ludovic Stricanne); Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Erlangen

(Thomas Borsch, Rainer Brocke, R. Horres, Nancy Kapuskar, Olaf Lenz, Birgit Nickel, Angelika Otto, Friedemann Schaarschmidt, Michael Vomberg, Volker Wilde et al., G. Zizkai); Paläobotanik (see also: Staff), Senckenberg, Centre for Biodiversity Research, Frankfurt am Main. See also here.

(Björn Holstein); Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main
(Wilhelm Püttmann); Institut für Mineralogie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

(Angelika Otto); Umweltanalytik, Institut für Mineralogie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main

(U. Salzmann); Seminar für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main

(F. Horna, Y. Kiesel); Institut für Geologie, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

(Kurt Goth), Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie, Freiberg

(Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck et al.); The Plant Biomechanics Group, Botanical Garden, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg

(Hanns-Christof Spatz); Research Group Biomechanics, Institut für Biologie III, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg

(M. Montenari, S. Müller); Geologisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg

(D.H. Storch); Landesamt für Geologie, Rohstoffe und Bergbau Baden-Württemberg (LGRB), Freiburg

(K.F. Prössl); Institut für angewandte Geowissenschaften, Justus-Liebig University, Gießen

(Alexander Czaja, Henriette Jechorek); Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Görlitz

(H. Blickwede, Thomas Bode, Volker Bullwinkel, Jörg Hammer, Gudrun Hammer-Schiemann, Torsten Jahn, Polla Khanaqa, Olaf Klaus Lenz, Michael Prauss, Walter Riegel et al., G. Schiemann, Mehmet Tukzu, Georg Wente, C. Wintgen); Terrestrische PaläoÖkologie, Abteilung Geobiologie, Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen

(Ina Begemann, Hermann Behling et al., Hans-Jürgen Beug, Jörg Christiansen, Eberhard Grüger et al., Christa Herking, Susanne Jahns, Wiebke Kirleis, Hanns Hubertus Leuschner, Ina Makowka, Harald Schneider, Ricarda Voigt); Abteilung für Palynologie u. Quartärwissenschaften, Abteilung Systematische Botanik (mit Herbarium), (Abteilung für Palynologie und Klimadynamik), Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

(E. Endtmann, E. Keding); Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald

(P. de Klerk); Institute of Geography, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald

(H. Joosten); Institute of Botany, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald

(Andreas Clausing, Annette E. Götz, Katrin Ruckwied, Marco Vecoli); AG Regionale und Historische Geologie, (The Palynofacies Page), Department of Palaeontology, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften und Geiseltalmuseum, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle

(M.H. Hoffmann); Institut für Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle

(Peter Henning Feindt); Institute of General Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Hamburg

(K. Bandel et al., K. Eiserhardt, Anette Kossler, S. Nielsen, R. Shinaq); Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Museum, University of Hamburg

Paläobotanik, Institute of Geobotany, University of Hannover

(Carmen Heunisch, Angelika Köthe, K.-J. Meyer); Arbeitsgruppe Paläontologie, Lower Saxony Geological Survey, Hannover

(Annemiek Vink); Meeresgeologie, Tiefseebergbau, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover

(H. Hufnagel; T. Jurkschat, A. Köthe, J. Strahl, Aussenstelle Berlin); Bundesanstalt Geowissenschaften Rohstoffe, Hannover

(M. de Araujo Carvalho, Hartmut Jäger); Palaeontology department, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Heidelberg

(Monika Butscher, Burkhard Frenzel et al., Michael Friedrich, Jutta Hofmann, Klaus-Felix Kaiser, M. Knipping, Peter Peschke, Marco Spurk, Hans-Peter Stika); AG Archäobotanik und Vegetationsgeschichte und Dendrochronologie, Fachgebiet Allgemeine Botanik, Universität Hohenheim

(H. Horn); Landesanstalt für Bienenkunde, Universität Hohenheim

(U.G. Linnemann); Institut für Geowissenschaften, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena

(S. Arndt, Collection Schweitzer); Paläobotanische Sammlung, Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena

(S. Arndt); Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena

(G.H. Schleser); Isotopengeochemie und Paläoklimatologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich

(Frank A. Wittler); Institut für regionale Geologie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe

(H. Straka et al.); Institute of Botany, University of Kiel

(Nicole Biebow, W. Brenner); GEOMAR, Kiel

(A. Munnecke); Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel

(R. Below, Jutta Lechterbeck, M. Vliex); Geologisches Institut, Universität zu Köln

(Henk van Amerom; Christoph Hartkopf-Fröder, Rüdiger Stritzke); Sektion Palynologie und Paläobotanik, Geologisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, Krefeld
See also: http://www.gla.nrw.de/pal_170.htm

(Wilfrid Schneider); Laboratories for Applied Organic Petrology (LAOP), Lauta.

(Brigitte Urban); Department of Water and Environmental Management, University of Lüneburg (Suderburg)

(S. Gleissberg, N. Kapuskar, M. Vomberg, P. Schubert, Albrecht Siegert); Institute of Systematic Botany and Botanic Garden, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

(K. Schindler); Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

(Herbert Frankenhäuser, Markus Sachse); Herbarium, Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz/Landessammlung für Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz

(M. Stumböck); Geographisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

(Claudio Gaucher, Erhard Reitz et al., Katja Schulz, Michaela Winkelmann); Palynology working Group, University of Marburg.

(B. Bassler, R. Darga, E. Emmert-Straubinger, I. Hohenester, W. Jung, Martin Kirchner, Karl-Heinz Kirsch, Michael Krings, R. Meyer, E. Rieber, A. Selmeier, M. Wejda, Johann F. Wierer); Forschungsschwerpunkte, go to micropalaeontology and palaeobotany, Institute of Paleontology and Historical Geology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

(Michael Peters); Arbeitsgruppe Paläobotanik, Department für Kulturwissenschaften und Altertumskunde, Kulturwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich

(H.N. Poinar); Institute of Zoology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

(Abdallah Abu Hamad, Benjamin Bomfleur, Anke Grewing, Hagen Hass, Hans Kerp et al., Michael Krings, Birgit Niemann, Wolfgang Peters-Kottig, Christian Pott, Verona Rensing, Toni Schindler, Ellen Stolle); Palaeobotanical Research Group, Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster.

(Johanna Eder, Anita Roth-Nebelsick, G. Schweigert, M. Urlichs); "Fossile Pflanzen", Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart

(U. Kull, A. Herbig); Biologisches Institut der Universität Stuttgart

(P. Peschke); Botanisches Institut der Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart

(Rahman A. Ashraf, Angela Bruch, I. Figueiral, Mark Herrmann, Silke Höhlig, Stefan Klotz, Juliana Köhler, Jutta Lechterbeck, Elmar Link, Guanghua Liu, T.A. Luettke, Heiner Mallison, Michael Montenari, Volker Mosbrugger et al., Jörg Pross, Anita Roth-Nebelsick, Tobias Schneck, Anke Steppuhn, Ludovic Stricanne, D. Subally, Christopher Traiser, Dieter Uhl, Torsten Utescher, Eva Wacker, Yongdong Wang, Ulrike Wielandt, Wolfgang Wille, J. Wohlfahrt); Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Paläontologie, University of Tübingen. See also here

(J. Wendt); Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie, University of Tübingen

(W. Bludau, U. Müller); Physische Geographie, Department of Geography, University of Tübingen

(Thomas Heuse, H. Hopf, T. Kammerer); Thüringer Landesanstalt für Geologie, Weimar

(Martina Stebich); Senckenberg Centre for Biodiversity Research, Forschungsstation für Quartärpaläontologie, Weimar

(Martin Hottenrott); Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie, Wiesbaden

Archäologische und Paläontologische Denkmalpflege, Sachgebiet Naturwissenschaften, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, Wiesbaden

(Felix Bittmann, Steffen Wolters); Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung), Wilhelmshaven

(Sunia Lausberg); Abteilung Geowissenschaften, Fuhlrott-Museum und Forschungsinstitut, Naturkundemuseum für das Rheinland, Wuppertal

(Erhard Schulz); Institute of Geography, University of Würzburg

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