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Resources for evolutionary herpetology

• Meetings, workshops and events
• Societies and groups
• Funding and financial awards
• Undergraduate degree courses
• Software
• Equipment and materials
• Literature and journal links
• On line text books
• Institution and collections abbreviations
• Herpetology and science blogs
  
• Other useful webpages
• Zoos and wildlife parks in the UK
• Museums in the UK
• Museums outside the UK
• Links to colleagues within UCL
• Links to colleagues outside UCL but within London
• Links to colleagues outside London

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Meetings, workshops and events (recent and future)

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• 73rd SVP Symposium of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Loa Angeles, USA 30th Octeber - 2nd November, 2013
• 72nd SVP Symposium of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Raleigh, USA 17th-20h October, 2012
• 7th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH), Vancouver, Canada 8th-14th August 2012
• Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrated Comparative Biology, (SICB), Charlston, South Carolina, USA 3rd-7th January 2012
  
• 71st SVP Symposium of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Las Vegas, USA 2nd-5th November, 2011
• 59th meeting of the Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, (SVPCA), Lyme Regis, UK 12-17th September, 2011
• 15th International Symposium on Dental Morphology (ISDM), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 24th-27th August, 2011
  
• 5th international meeting on Cranio-Cervical Systems, Paris, France 5-8th July, 2011
  
• Evolutionary Constraints (CEE Symposium), London Zoo, 8th November, 2010
  
• 70th SVP Symposium of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP), Pittsburgh, USA 10-13th October, 2010
• 58th meeting of the Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, (SVPCA), Cambridge, UK 14-18th September, 2010
• 9th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM9), Punta del Este, Uruguay: 26-31st July, 2010
• International Palaeontological Congress (IPC 3), London, UK: 28th June-3rd July, 2010

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Societies and groups

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• ADaPTiVE (Anatomy, Diversity and Phylognetics: Trends in Vertebrate Evolution)
• All About Skulls
  
• Amphibia Tree
• Amphibian and Reptile Conservatation (ARC)
• Anatomical Society
• BMNH
• Bone Research Society
• Centre for Ecology and Evolution (CEE)
• Corcovado Foundation
• Centre for North American Herpetology (CNAH)
• Darwin at London School of Economics (LSE)
• European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
• Euro Evo Devo
• European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology (EAVP)
• European Virtual Anthropology Network Society (EVAN)
• The Geological Society 
• Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) 
• The Herpetological Conservation Trust (HCT) 
• International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS) BoneKey 
• Institute of Animal Technology 
• The Linnean Society
• London Area Development and Evolution Network (LADEN) 
• London Evolutionary Research Network (LERN)
• London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology (HSTM)
• Medical Artists Association (MAA) 
• National Geographic 
• New Zealand Herpetological Society (NZHS) 
• Palaeontological Association (PalAss) 
• The Royal Society
• The Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) 
• Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)
• Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) 
  
• Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) 
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) 
• Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (SRARNZ) 
• South Wales Geologists Association
• The Symposium of Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation (SPPC) 
• Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA) 
• The Systematics Association
• Tree of Life web project (ToLweb) 
• Zoological Society of London (ZSL) 

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Funding and financial awards

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• Australian Research Council (ARC)
• Biotechnology and Biological Research Council (BBSRC)
• British Council
• Bogue Research Fellowship
• CEE Research Fund
• Central Research Fund
• DFG, German Research Foundation
• The Estes Memorial Grant
• Humbolt Sponsorship
• Jurassic Foundation
• Leverhulme Trust
• National Geographic
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Nuffield
• PetriDish.org
  
• Royal Society
• Sylvester Bradley Award
• Synthesys
• UCL Graduate School Funding

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Undergraduate degree courses at UCL

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• BSc Anatomy and Developmental Biology
• BSc Biological Sciences
• M.Sci Geology
• M.Sci Palaeobiology
• BSc Zoology

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Software

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• Amira Advanced 3D visualization and modeling system.
• Avizo Advanced 3D visualization and modeling system.
• Bulk rename utility File renaming software.
• Edgewarp digitiztion of solid images and landmarking curves and surfaces.
• EVAN-tool kit Advanced 3D digitisation software.
• ImageJ Image processing.
• Inkscape Free vector based graphics editor.
• Landmark Landmarking software.
• Morphologika Geometric morphometric software.
• PAUP* Phlyogenetic tree building.
• Spacetornado File renaming software.
• TPS dig etc. Landmark coordinate acquisition.

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Equipment and materials

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• Capsuline Storage
• Chronos Ltd Calipers etc.
• Balance Technology Balances, scales, repairs, calibration.
• Bioquip Calipers, tweezers, etc.
• Bone Clones Inc Replica skulls etc.
• Joby Tripods
• Torpac Storage  

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Literature and journal links

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• Internet Archive
• BioOne
• GeoScienceWorld
• Google Scholar
  
• ISI Web of Knowledge
• Links to journals dealing with Vertebrate Palaeontology Courtesy of Jerry D. Harris (Science Department, Dixie State College, St. George, Utah, USA)
• Riedel WR, Polly PD, Hagadorn W. 2006. Moving Fingers: Coming of Age: ISI & Googling. Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 9, Issue1.1E:3pp, 1MB;
• Science Direct
• Scopus

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On line text books

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• BRIGGS DEG, CROWTHER PR (eds). 1990. Palaeobiology, a Synthesis. Blackwell, London. 1st edition. 584 pages. Weblink

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Institution and collection abbreviations

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• List of institution and collection abbreviations (hosted by the AMNH) 
• List of institution and collection abbreviations (hosted by the Florida Museum of Natural History)
  
• Museum Documentation Association Codes (UK Collections Trust)
• Standard Institutional Codes for Herpetology and Ichthyology Collections (University of Alberta)

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Herpetology and other science blogs

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Bad Science	General science
Dragons Tale	General Science
The Frog Blog	General science
Herptile Blog	Herpetology
John Schilling	Herpetology
NatGeoWatch	General science
Palaeontology online	Palaeontology
Scientific Blogging	Various
Serpent Research	Emphasis on snakes
Species Watch	Interesting and endangered creatures.
SNOMNH Herpetology Blog	Herpetology
Sticky tongue	Herpetology
Tetrapod Zoology version 1	Zoology and palaeontology
Tetrapod Zoology version 2	Zoology and palaeontology
Tetrapod Zoology version 3	Zoology and palaeontology
Veterinarian Techinchian	Top 45 zoology blogs

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Other useful webpages

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Academia.edu	Research scientists networking site
Add an adder	Register sightings of the wild british adder
Anole annals	Website about Anole lizards
Biomed Experts	Research scientist networking site
The Combined Index to Herpetology Collections	Herpetology collections
Database of Lower Vertebrates	ESF funded database of localities and taxa from the Triassic to the Neogene that yield Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds (fosFARbase)
Date-A Clade	Palaeontological date for major nodes on the tree of life
Digital morphology at the University of Texas, Austin	Casts of skulls and other biological specimens computerised using CT data
Dinobase	Dinosaur database hosted by University of Bristol
Eureka editing	Editing service for science texts
Evolution 101	Explains the general patterns and mechanisms of evolution
FEA in Biology	Database of Biology themed Finite Element Analysis.
Functional Morphology and Evolution Research Unit Hull York Medical School	Skull functional analysis etc.
Genome 10K project	Initiative that aims to record the genetic diversity of vertebrate species.
Herp Digest	Free electronic newsletter
Herp Nation	Herpetology magazine
International Commission on Stratigraphy	Downloadable stratigraphic charts etc
KarenCarr.com	Science artist and illustrator
Kingsnake	Further herp resources
Lefalophodon	Informal history of Evolutionary Biology
Links for Palaeobotanists	Palaeobotany resources.
Lisanfos KMS	Database dealing with the paleontology and anatomy of Lissamphibia
Manchester Amphibian Research Group	Manchester based amphibian research group.
MedArt	Anatomical art work
Morphobrowser, University of Helsinki	Database of Tooth Morphology
Morphometrics at SUNY Stony Brook	Resouces and links for geometric morphometric
National Amphibian Reptile Recording Scheme (NARRS)	UK based monitoring program
Nature gems	Examples of studies published in Nature that demonstrate evolution
OnlineClasses.org	Online education resource
The palaeobiology database	NSF funded web database of palaeobiolgy
Palaeos.org	A multi-authored encyclopedia on the history of life on Earth
Plain English Campaign	Campaign for clear communication
Pterosaur database	Pterosaur resources
Pterosaur.net	Pterosaur resources
Reptiles and amphibians of the UK	British herp information
The reptile database	Database of reptile evolutionary relationships.
Researcher ID.com	Research scientist networking site
Save the frogs	Americas first charity for protecting amphibians
SeaTurtle.org	Resources for sea turtle literature and population monitoring
Scopus	Citation database
Scotese.com	Palaeomaps by Dr Choristopher R. Scotese
Start a school geology society	Online classes article
ThinkWrite	Training courses
TinyURL.com	For shortening weblinks
Tree of Life Project	A multi-authored encyclopedia on biodiversity and evolutionary relationships.
Tuatara online	Tuatara related resources hosted by Victoria University, Wellington, NZ
UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing	Medical imaging at UCL
UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme	Monitoring program for UK stranded dolphins, whales, porpoises, and sea turtles
Useful Palaeo Website	NHM weblinks page
Visible interactive Iguana	3D anatomical resources for the Iguana skull by the Witmer Lab.
WitmerLab	Research lab focusing on functional morphology of vertebrates
XE.com	Currency converter

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Zoos and wildlife parks in the UK

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• Beaver World, Tarfield, Kent
• Chester Zoo, Chester, Cheshire
• Cotswold Wildlife Park, Burford, Oxfordshire
• London Zoo, Central London
• New Forest Reptile Centre, Lyndhurst, Hampshire
• Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable, Bedfordshire

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Museums in the UK

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Booth Museum of Natural History	Brighton and Hove
The Bristol City Museum	Bristol
Dinosaur Isle	Isle of Wight
The Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, University College London	London
Hancock Museum	Newcastle
Horniman Museum	London
Huntarian Museum and Art Gallery, Univeristy of Glasgow	Glasgow
The Lapworth Museum, University of Birmingham	Birmingham
Manchester Museum (The University of Manchester)	Manchester
National Museum Cardiff	Cardiff
National Museum Scotland (NMS)	Edinbrugh
The Natural History Museum (NHM)	London
Oxford University Museum of Natural History	Oxford
The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge	Cambridge
Ulster Museum	Belfast
University Museum of Zoology Cambridge	Cambridge
Yorkshire Museum	York

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Museums outside the UK

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American Museum of Natural History	New York, USA
Arizona Museum of Natural History	Mesa , Arizona
Auckland War Memorial Museum	Auckland, New Zealand
California Academy of Sciences	San Francisco
Canterbury Museum	Christchurch, New Zealand
Carnegie Museum of Natural History	Pittsburgh, USA
Denver Museum of Nature and Science	Denver, USA
Dinosaur National Monument	Colorado, USA
The Field Museum	Chicago, USA
Harvard University Museum of Comparatice Zoology	Cambridge, USA
Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology	Beijing, China
KU Natural History Museum, University of Kansas	Lawrence, USA
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle	Paris, France
Museum fur Naturkunde	Berlin, Germany
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa	Wellington, New Zealand
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales	Madrid, Spain
National Museum of Ireland	Dublin, Ireland
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian	Washington, USA
National Museum of Nature and Science	Tokyo, Japan
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County	Los Angeles, USA
Naturhistorisches Museum	Vienna, Austria
Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität	Zürich, Switzerland
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale	New Haven, USA
Petrified Forest National Park	Arizona, USA
Queensland Museum	Brisbane, Australia
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences	Brussels, Belgium
Royal Ontario Museum	Toronto, Canada
Royal Tyrrel Museum	Drumheller, Canada
San Diego Museum of Natural History	San Diego, USA
South Australian Museum	Adelaide, Australia
Southlands Museum and Art Gallery	Cantebury, New Zealand
State Museum for Natural History	Stuttgart, Germany
Zoology and Marine Biology Museum, Ryan Institute	Galway, Ireland

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Links to colleagues within UCL

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Aalaa Al-Shamahi	Department of Anthropology	Weblink
Dr Tim Arnett	Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology	Weblink
Jack Ashby	Grant Museum of Zoology	Weblink
Katharine Balolia	Department of Anthropology	Weblink
Rosie Barnes	Department of Earth Sciences	Weblink
Verity Bennet	Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment + Department of Earth Sciences	Weblink
Wendy Birch	Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology	Weblink
Mark Carnall	Grant Museum of Zoology	Weblink
Dr Helen Chatterjee	Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment	Weblink
Dr Julia Day	Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment	Weblink
Professor Chris M Dean	Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology	Weblink
Dr Anjali Goswami	Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment + Department of Earth Sciences	Weblink
Debi Linton	Department of Earth Sciences	Weblink
Dr Simon Hillson	Department of Archaeology	Weblink
Dr James Mallet	Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment	Weblink
Dr Phil Mannion	Department of Earth Sciences	Weblink
Dr Sandra Martelli	Department of Archaeology	Weblink
Professor Mark Maslin	Department of Geography	Weblink
Dr Christophe Soligo	Department of Anthropology	Weblink
Professor Fred Spoor	Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology	Weblink
Dr Max Telford	Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment	Weblink
Dr Paul Upchurch	Department of Earth Sciences	Weblink
Dr Yoshiyuki Yamamoto	Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology	Weblink

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Links to colleagues outside UCL but within London

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Dr Richard Abel	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Professor Alan Boyde	Queen Mary, University of London	Weblink
Dr Chris Carbone	Institute of Zoology	Weblink
Barry Clarke	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Isabelle De Groote	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Dr Trent WJ Garner	Institute of Zoology	Weblink
Dr David Gower	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Dr Jerrry Hooker	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Dr John R. Hutchinson	Royal Veterinary College	Weblink
Dr Victoria Herridge	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Professor Adrian M. Lister	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Dr Malcom Logan	National Insitute for Medical Research, Mill Hill	Weblink
Ilana Pizer Mason	Institute of Zoology	Weblink
Dr Angela C. Milner	Natural History Museum	Weblink
Dr Andrew R.Milner	Natural History Museum	Weblink
Diego San Mauro	Natural History Museum
Imran Rahman	Imperial College London	Weblink
Professor Moya M. Smith	King's College London	Weblink
Dr Lorna Steel	Natural History Museum
Dr Mark Sutton	Imperial College London	Weblink
Dr Abigail Tucker	Kings College, University of London	Weblink
Dr Sam Turvey	Institute of Zoology	Weblink
Dr Charlie Underwood	Birkbeck, University of London	Weblink
Dr Stig Walsh	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Dr Eleanor Weston	The Natural History Museum	Weblink
Dr Mark Wilkinson	The Natural History Museum	Weblink

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Links to colleagues outside London

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Dr Robert J. Asher	University of Cambridge, UK	Weblink
Dr Chris J. Bell	University of Texas, Austin, USA	Weblink
Dr Don Brinkman	Royal Tyrrel Museum, Canada	Weblink
Dr Angela Buscalioni	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain	Weblink
Dr Mattew T. Carrano	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington	Weblink
Professor Jenny Clack	University of Cambridge, UK	Weblink
Dr Mathew W. Colbert	University of Texas, Austin, USA	Weblink
Professor Mike Coates	University of Chicago	Weblink
Dr Jack Conrad	American Museum of Natural History	Weblink
Dr Ian Corfe	University of Helsinki, Finland	Weblink
Dr Alison Cree	University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ	Weblink
Dr Neil Curtis	University of Hull, UK
Dr Alistair Evans	was University of Helsinki, Finland	Weblink
Dr Bruce Erickson	Science Museum of Minnesota, USA	Weblink.
Dr Gregory M. Erickson	Florida State University	Weblink
Dr Mike Fagan	University of Hull, UK	Weblink
Dr Matt Freidman	University of Oxford, UK	Weblink
Dr James Gardner	Royal Tyrrel Museum, Canada	Weblink
Dr Jerry D. Harris	Dixie State College, St George, USA	Weblink
Dr Jason Head	University of Toronto, Canada	Weblink
Dr Andrew B. Heckert	Appalachian State University	Weblink
Dr Donald Henderson	Royal Tyrrel Museum, Canada	Weblink
Dr Jason Hillton	University of Brimingham, UK	Weblink
Christy Anna Hipsley	Humboldt-Universität, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany	Weblink
Dr Cassey M. Holiday	Marshall University, USA	Weblink
Dr Mark Hutchinson	University of Adelaide	Weblink
Sue Keall	University of Victoria, Wellington, NZ	Weblink
Dr A. Kristopher Lappin	California State Polytechnic University, USA	Weblink
Professor Louis L. Jacobs	Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA	Weblink
Professor Jules Kieser	University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ	Weblink
Dr David Krause	Stony Brook University, USA	Weblink
Dr Kornelius Kupczik	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany	Weblink
Dr Jessie Maisano	University of Texas, Austin, USA	Weblink
Dr Makoto Manabe	National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan	Weblink
Dr Johannes Muller	Humboldt-Universität, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany	Weblink
Dr Nicola Nelson	University of Victoria, Wellington, NZ	Weblink
Professor Paul O’Higgins	Hull and York Medical School, UK	Weblink
Bill Parker	Petrified Forest National Park	Weblink
Dr Mike Polcyn	Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA	Weblink
Dr P. David Polly	Indiana University, USA	Weblink
Dr Mark Purnell	University of Leicester, UK	Weblink
Dr Marcello Ruta	University of Bristol, UK	Weblink
Dr Emily Rayfield	University of Bristol, UK	Weblink
Dr Oliver Rauhut	Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany	Weblink
Dr Olivier C. Rieppel	Field Museum, Chicago, USA	Weblink
Dr Victor Hugo Reynoso	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, México	Weblink
Dr Zbynek Rocek	Charles University Prague, Czech Republic	Weblink
Prof Marcelo Sánchiz	Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Switzerland	Weblink
Torsten Scheyer	University of Zurich, Switzerland	Weblink
Dr Rainer Schoch	Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany	Weblink
Dr Emma Sherratt	Harvard University, USA	Weblink
Pavel Skutchas	St Petersburg University, Russia
Dr Kurt Schwenk	University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA	Weblink
Alan Tennyson	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ	Weblink
Linda Tsuji	Humboldt-Universität, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany	Weblink
Dr Takanobu Tsuihiji	National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan	Weblink
Dr Adam Yates	Bernard Price Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa	Weblink
Dr Yuan Wang	Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP), Beijing	Weblink
Dr Robin Whatley	Columbia College, Chicago, USA	Weblink
Dr Jeffery Wilson	University of Michigan, USA	Weblink
Professor Larry Witmer	Ohio University, USA	Weblink
Dr Trevor Worthy	University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (recently moved from University of Adelaide, Australia)	Weblink
Professor Xu Xing	Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP), Beijing	Weblink
Professor Wang Xiao-Lin	Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP), Beijing	Weblink

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