Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Mississippian Period
Journey into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Mississippian Period that covers topics such as life in the seas, tetrapods and other life on land, fossil evidence, and climate and tectonics.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Brachiopods O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Brachiopods. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this shelled animal that's been around for over 500 million years.
Indiana University
Indiana Univ. Bloomington: Reference Documents: Common Fossils of Indiana [Pdf]
A fact card describing five fossils common to Indiana.
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: Cambrian and Ordovician
This comprehensive exhibit provides a basic overview of the period, an image gallery of ancient ocean life, a look at the development of skeletons, and the emergence of animals with backbones. View an interesting video on how to become a...
Indiana University
Indiana Univ. Bloomington: Geo Notes: Brachiopods: Easy to Find Fossils [Pdf]
Presents some facts about brachiopods, a fossil that is common in Indiana rocks.