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The Paleontological Society is an international nonprofit organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of the science of paleontology. The Society was founded in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, and was incorporated in April 1968 in the District of Columbia. The Society has several membership categories, including regular, student, retired, emeritus, and spousal. Members, representing 40 countries, consist of professional paleontologists, academicians, explorationists, science editors, earth-science teachers, museum specialists, land managers, students, amateurs, and hobbyists.
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Founded in 1940, the society now has more than 2,300 members representing professionals, students, artists, preparators, and others interested in VP. The society is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes. The object of the society is to advance the science of vertebrate paleontology and to serve the common interests and facilitate the cooperation of all persons concerned with the history, evolution, comparative anatomy, and taxonomy of vertebrate animals, as well as field occurrence, collection, and study of fossil vertebrates and the stratigraphy of the beds in which they are found. The society is also concerned with the conservation and preservation of fossil sites.
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STEPPE supports the scientific community to advance the study of the Earth’s sedimentary crust and the record of life and climate it archives. It focuses on activities that will: increase funding for sedimentary research; improve infrastructure and access for data; raise awareness and communication about how those data contribute to issues of societal importance; develop priorities for community-level research; facilitate interactions within the research community; and promote interdisciplinary education and workforce development. |
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The National Park Service and the American Geosciences Institute partner each year to host National Fossil Day during Earth Science Week. National Fossil Day is a celebration organized to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational value. |
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Haley Goldman Consulting is a small, client-centered research and evaluation firm. Haley Goldman Consulting works with organizations from the earliest stages of an idea or grant proposal through launch, to effectively gauge the impact of programs, exhibits, and other products and experiences. |
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The Paleobiology Database (PaleoBioDB) is a non-governmental, non-profit public resource for paleontological data. It has been organized and operated by a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international group of paleobiological researchers. Its purpose is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for organisms of all geological ages, as well data services to allow easy access to data for independent development of analytical tools, visualization software, and applications of all types. The Database’s broader goal is to encourage and enable data-driven collaborative efforts that address large-scale paleobiological questions. |
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GeorgiasFossils.com is a website created by citizen scientist Thomas Thurman, who, in partnership with regional institutions across the southeastern USA, presents Georgia’s deep natural history and organizes paleontology/geology events for schools and the general public across the state. |