Palynological / Paleobotanical Societies

• Asociacion Latinoamericana de Paleobotanica y Palinologia
• Canadian Association of Palynologists
• Collegium Palynologicum Scandinavicum
• International Association for Plant Taxonomy -- includes the on-line English version of the current ICBN (Tokyo Code, 1994).
• International Federation of Palynological Societies -- includes an online searchable database of the World Directory of Palynologists.
• International Organisation of Palaeobotany

• University of Arizona, Dept. of Geosciences -- Palynology
• Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Laboratori de Palinologia (Spain)
• University of Liege, Dept. of Geology, Master's degree in Palynology. Courses are proposed in English or French.
• University of Münster, Palaeobotanical Research Group (Germany). Has extensive resources including a regularly updated History of Palaeozoic Forests.
• Laboratory of Archaeobotany, CEH, CSIC, Madrid. Includes research in palynology.
• Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology at Utrecht University. Includes the LPP Foundation and Peter Hoen's Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology.
• Paleobotany Laboratory at Weston Observatory, Boston College.
• The NOAA/Paleoclimatology Program -- distributes the product of various collaborative efforts to collect and organize pollen records from around the globe. These data include pollen counts and related information.

• British Micropalaeontological Society -- Includes the latest edition of the British Micropalaeontological Society's newsletter, along with information about the Society, latest reports from all the specialist groups (including Palynology), and a list of micropaleontological websites.
• The Linnean Society of London -- Concerned mostly with living organisms but also deals with the fossil record. Includes a Palynology Specialist Group (contact: M. M. Harley).
• NAMS - The North American Micropaleontology Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) -- NAMS Promotes all aspects of micropaleontology, and is the sponsor of the Marine Micropaleontology Research Group, a formal research group within SEPM.
• Ocean Drilling Program Database -- Online databases (including paleontological) of the Ocean Drilling Program.
• The Palaeontographical Society -- includes information on aims of the society, membership, and how to obtain catalogues and monographs.
• The Palaeontological Association -- contains the programme and abstracts for its forthcoming Annual Conference.
• PaleoNet West (Berkeley, Ca) -- paleontology jobs, calendar, forum, internet resources, and much more. For a mirror site based in the UK see PaleoNet East (The Natural History Museum, London).
• Paleontological Society (WWW home page)
• Paleontological Society (Gopher)

• University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Museum of Natural History - London
• Online Resources for Earth Scientists: Geology--Paleontology
• Links for Palaeobotanists -- Annotated links to internet resources, especially for palaeobotanists.
• Directory of Canadian Paleontologists -- Searchable database.
• Paleontology Division of the Geological Association of Canada -- Includes details on how to join and links to other Canadian paleontology sites.

• United States Geological Survey
• Geological Survey of Canada
• Paleontology Subdivision of the Geological Survey of Canada -- Contains information and searchable databases on Canadian Sedimentary Formation Names, Canadian Paleontology Expertise, Canadian Fossil Collections, Canadian university geoscience departments, Searchable database of Canadian geoscience publications (Geoscan) and much more.

• INQUA File Boutique -- contains text of past newsletters and a variety of programs and data.
• Larry Bowlds's comprehensive calendar of coming events in paleontology
• American Geological Institute
• Assorted Earth Science Departments, Museums, Geological Surveys, etc. -- has extensive worldwide listings
• Natural History museums on the web
• SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

• Ocean Drilling Program
• All 2093 of the data files of the Deep Sea Drilling Project -- individually downloadable, and including 55 files of dinoflagellate occurrences, 32 of pollen and spores; compiled by Pierre A. Zippi. The conversion process and file format is described in detail at Dr Zippi's PAZ Web Site.

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