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Benchley, Peter J & DAT Harper (1998), Palaeoecology: Ecosystems, Environments and Evolution. Chapman & Hall. paleoecology)

Benton, Michael J. (2003), When Life Nearly Died: the Greatest Mass Extinction of all Time. Thames & Hudson, 336 pp. (paleoecology, geology)

Clack, Jennifer A (2002), Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp. ISBN 0-253-34054-3.  (paleontology, systematics)

Conway Morris, S (1998), The Crucible of Creation. Oxford Univ. Press, 266 pp. (Evolution)

Currie, Phillip J & K Padian [eds.] (1997), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, 869 pp. (Paleontology)

Dixon, Douglas, B Gardiner, D Palmer, B Cox, & RJ Savage (1999), The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures : A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric LifeSimon & Schuster, 312 pp. ISBN: 0684864118  (general)

Fortey, Richard A (2000), Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution. HarperCollins, 269 pp. ISBN 0-00-257012-2, 0375406255? (evolution, paleontology)

Gould, Stephen J [ed.] (2001), The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, 2nd ed. Norton: 256 pp. (General)

McMenanin, Mark AS (1998), The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life. Columbia Univ. Press, 295 pp. ISBN 0-231-10558-4 (paleontology)

Parker, Andrew (2003), In the Blink of an Eye. Perseus Publishing, 316 pp. ISBN 0-7382-0607-5 (paleobiology)

Prothero, Donald R & RM Schoch (2002), Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press., 311 pp. ISBN 0-8018-7135-2 (evolution, zoology)

Romer, Alfred S (1956), Osteology of the Reptiles.  1997 reprint ed.  Krieger Publ. Co., 772 pp. ISBN 0-89464-985-X anatomy)

Rose, Kenneth D & J David Archibald [eds.] (2005), The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades. Johns Hopkins University Press, 259 pp. (systematics)

Vickers Rich, Patricia, TH Rich, MA Fenton, & CL Fenton (1997), The Fossil Book : A Record of Prehistoric Life. Dover Publ., 760 pp. ISBN: 0486293718 (Paleontology)

Walker, Gabrielle (2003), Snowball Earth. Crown Group: 269 pp. ISBN 0-7475-6433-7.  (Earth systems)

Wallace, David R. (2004), Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution. U. Calif. Press, 340 pp. (History, Paleontology)

Whittington, HB, BDE Chatterton, SE Speyer, RA Fortey, RM Owens, WT Chang, WT Dean, PA Jell, JR Laurie, AR Palmer, LN Repina, AWA Rushton, JH Shergold, ENK Clarkson, NV Wilmot, & SRA Kelly (1997), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part O (Revised) Arthropoda 1, vol. 1: Trilobita: Introduction, Order Agnostida, Order Redlichiida.  RA Kaesler [ed.]. Geol. Soc. Amer. & Univ. Kan., 530+ pp.  (Systematics)

Zimmer, Carl (1998), At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How they Came Ashore, but Then Went Back to Sea. Free Press, 290 pp. ISBN 0-684-83490-1.  evolution)


By Subject

Anatomy

Romer, Alfred S (1956), Osteology of the Reptiles.  1997 reprint ed.  Krieger Publ. Co., 772 pp. ISBN 0-89464-985-X anatomy)

Evolution

Conway Morris, S (1998), The Crucible of Creation. Oxford Univ. Press, 266 pp. (Evolution)

Fortey, Richard A (2000), Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution. HarperCollins, 269 pp. ISBN 0-00-257012-2, 0375406255? (evolution, paleontology)

McMenanin, Mark AS (1998), The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life. Columbia Univ. Press, 295 pp. ISBN 0-231-10558-4 (evolution)

Prothero, Donald R & RM Schoch (2002), Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press., 311 pp. ISBN 0-8018-7135-2 (evolution, zoology)

Zimmer, Carl (1998), At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How they Came Ashore, but Then Went Back to Sea. Free Press, 290 pp. ISBN 0-684-83490-1.  evolution)

General

Dixon, Douglas, B Gardiner, D Palmer, B Cox, & RJ Savage (1999), The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures : A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric LifeSimon & Schuster, 312 pp. ISBN: 0684864118  (general)

Gould, Stephen J [ed.] (2001), The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, 2nd ed. Norton: 256 pp. (General)

Geology & Earth Systems

Benton, Michael J. (2003), When Life Nearly Died: the Greatest Mass Extinction of all Time. Thames & Hudson, 336 pp. (paleoecology, geology)

Walker, Gabrielle (2003), Snowball Earth. Crown Group: 269 pp. ISBN 0-7475-6433-7.  (Earth systems)

History

Wallace, David R. (2004), Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution. U. Calif. Press, 340 pp.

Paleobiology

Parker, Andrew (2003), In the Blink of an Eye. Perseus Publishing, 316 pp. ISBN 0-7382-0607-5 (paleobiology)

Paleoecology

Behrensmeyer, Anna K, JD Damuth, WA DiMichele, R Potts, H-D Sues & SL Wing [eds.] (1992), Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time: the Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals. Univ. Chicago Press, 568 pp. Collective author, the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Consortium. (paleoecology)

Benchley, Peter J & DAT Harper (1998), Palaeoecology: Ecosystems, Environments and Evolution. Chapman & Hall. paleoecology)

Benton, Michael J. (2003), When Life Nearly Died: the Greatest Mass Extinction of all Time. Thames & Hudson, 336 pp. (paleoecology, geology)

Paleontology

Clack, Jennifer A (2002), Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp. ISBN 0-253-34054-3.  (paleontology, systematics)

Currie, Phillip J & K Padian [eds.] (1997), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, 869 pp. (Paleontology)

Fortey, Richard A (2000), Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution. HarperCollins, 269 pp. ISBN 0-00-257012-2, 0375406255? (paleontology)

McMenanin, Mark AS (1998), The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life. Columbia Univ. Press, 295 pp. ISBN 0-231-10558-4 (paleontology)

Vickers Rich, Patricia, TH Rich, MA Fenton, & CL Fenton (1997), The Fossil Book : A Record of Prehistoric Life. Dover Publ., 760 pp. ISBN: 0486293718 (Paleontology)

Wallace, David R. (2004), Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution. U. Calif. Press, 340 pp.

Whittington, HB, BDE Chatterton, SE Speyer, RA Fortey, RM Owens, WT Chang, WT Dean, PA Jell, JR Laurie, AR Palmer, LN Repina, AWA Rushton, JH Shergold, ENK Clarkson, NV Wilmot, & SRA Kelly (1997), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part O (Revised) Arthropoda 1, vol. 1: Trilobita: Introduction, Order Agnostida, Order Redlichiida.  RA Kaesler [ed.]. Geol. Soc. Amer. & Univ. Kan., 530+ pp.  (Paleontology, Systematics)

Systematics

Clack, Jennifer A (2002), Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp. ISBN 0-253-34054-3.  (paleontology, systematics)

Rose, Kenneth D & J David Archibald [eds.] (2005), The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades. Johns Hopkins University Press, 259 pp. (systematics)

Whittington, HB, BDE Chatterton, SE Speyer, RA Fortey, RM Owens, WT Chang, WT Dean, PA Jell, JR Laurie, AR Palmer, LN Repina, AWA Rushton, JH Shergold, ENK Clarkson, NV Wilmot, & SRA Kelly (1997), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part O (Revised) Arthropoda 1, vol. 1: Trilobita: Introduction, Order Agnostida, Order Redlichiida.  RA Kaesler [ed.]. Geol. Soc. Amer. & Univ. Kan., 530+ pp.  (Paleontology, Systematics)

Zoology

Prothero, Donald R & RM Schoch (2002), Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press., 311 pp. ISBN 0-8018-7135-2 (evolution, zoology)


By Taxon (in more or less phylogenetic order)

Ediacaran ?Fauna

McMenanin, MAS (1998), The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life. Columbia Univ. Press, 295 pp. ISBN 0-231-10558-4 

Trilobita

Fortey, Richard A (2000), Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution. HarperCollins, 269 pp. ISBN 0-00-257012-2, 0375406255? (evolution, paleontology)

Whittington, HB, BDE Chatterton, SE Speyer, RA Fortey, RM Owens, WT Chang, WT Dean, PA Jell, JR Laurie, AR Palmer, LN Repina, AWA Rushton, JH Shergold, ENK Clarkson, NV Wilmot, & SRA Kelly (1997), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part O (Revised) Arthropoda 1, vol. 1: Trilobita: Introduction, Order Agnostida, Order Redlichiida.  RA Kaesler [ed.]. Geol. Soc. Amer. & Univ. Kan., 530+ pp. (Systematics)

Tetrapoda

Clack, Jennifer A (2002), Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp. ISBN 0-253-34054-3.  (paleontology, systematics)

Zimmer, Carl (1998), At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How they Came Ashore, but Then Went Back to Sea. Free Press, 290 pp. ISBN 0-684-83490-1.  evolution)

Amniota

Romer, Alfred S (1956), Osteology of the Reptiles.  1997 reprint ed.  Krieger Publ. Co., 772 pp. ISBN 0-89464-985-X anatomy)

Dinosauria

Currie, Phillip J & K Padian [eds.] (1997), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, 869 pp. (Paleontology)

Theropoda

Paul, Gregory S (1988), Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. Simon & Schuster.  (paleontology, paleobiology)

Mammalia

Wallace, David R. (2004), Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution. U. Calif. Press, 340 pp.

Eutheria

Rose, Kenneth D & J David Archibald [eds.] (2005), The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades. Johns Hopkins University Press, 259 pp. (systematics)

Ungulata

Prothero, Donald R & RM Schoch (2002), Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press., 311 pp. ISBN 0-8018-7135-2 (evolution, zoology)

Cetacea

Zimmer, Carl (1998), At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How they Came Ashore, but Then Went Back to Sea. Free Press, 290 pp. ISBN 0-684-83490-1.  evolution)


By Time Period

Neoproterozoic

Walker, Gabrielle (2003), Snowball Earth. Crown Group: 269 pp. ISBN 0-7475-6433-7.  (Earth systems)

Ediacaran

McMenanin, MAS (1998), The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life. Columbia Univ. Press, 295 pp. ISBN 0-231-10558-4 

Cambrian

Conway Morris, S (1998), The Crucible of Creation. Oxford Univ. Press, 266 pp. (Evolution)

Parker, Andrew (2003), In the Blink of an Eye. Perseus Publishing, 316 pp. ISBN 0-7382-0607-5 (paleobiology)

Devonian

Clack, Jennifer A (2002), Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp. ISBN 0-253-34054-3.  (paleontology, systematics)

Zimmer, Carl (1998), At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How they Came Ashore, but Then Went Back to Sea. Free Press, 290 pp. ISBN 0-684-83490-1.  evolution)

Carboniferous

Clack, Jennifer A (2002), Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp. ISBN 0-253-34054-3.  (paleontology, systematics)

Permian

Benton, Michael J. (2003), When Life Nearly Died: the Greatest Mass Extinction of all Time. Thames & Hudson, 336 pp. (paleoecology, geology)

Mesozoic

Currie, Phillip J & K Padian [eds.] (1997), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Academic Press, 869 pp. (Paleontology)

Triassic

Benton, Michael J. (2003), When Life Nearly Died: the Greatest Mass Extinction of all Time. Thames & Hudson, 336 pp. (paleoecology, geology)

Cenozoic

Prothero, Donald R & RM Schoch (2002), Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press., 311 pp. ISBN 0-8018-7135-2 (evolution, zoology)

Rose, Kenneth D & J David Archibald [eds.] (2005), The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades. Johns Hopkins University Press, 259 pp. (systematics) (with some discussion of Cretaceous mammals)

Eocene

Zimmer, Carl (1998), At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How they Came Ashore, but Then Went Back to Sea. Free Press, 290 pp. ISBN 0-684-83490-1.  evolution)


By Title

At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How they Came Ashore, but Then Went Back to Sea.  Zimmer, Carl (1998), Free Press, 290 pp. ISBN 0-684-83490-1.  (evolution)

Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution. Wallace, David R. (2004), U. Calif. Press, 340 pp. (History, Paleontology)

Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, 2nd ed.   Gould, Stephen J [ed.] (2001), Norton: 256 pp. (General)

Crucible of Creation. Conway Morris, S (1998), Oxford Univ. Press, 266 pp. (Evolution)

Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Currie, Phillip J & K Padian [eds.] (1997), Academic Press, 869 pp. (Paleontology)

Fossil Book : A Record of Prehistoric Life.  Vickers Rich, Patricia, TH Rich, MA Fenton, & CL Fenton (1997), Dover Publ., 760 pp. ISBN: 0486293718 (Paleontology)

Gaining Ground: the Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods. Clack, Jennifer A (2002), Indiana Univ. Press, 369 pp. ISBN 0-253-34054-3.  (paleontology, systematics)

Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life.  McMenanin, Mark AS (1998), Columbia Univ. Press, 295 pp. ISBN 0-231-10558-4 (paleontology)

Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals. Prothero, Donald R & RM Schoch (2002), Johns Hopkins Univ. Press., 311 pp. ISBN 0-8018-7135-2 (evolution, zoology)

In the Blink of an Eye. Parker, Andrew (2003), Perseus Publishing, 316 pp. ISBN 0-7382-0607-5 (paleobiology)

Osteology of the Reptiles. Romer, Alfred S (1956), 1997 reprint ed.  Krieger Publ. Co., 772 pp. ISBN 0-89464-985-X anatomy)

Palaeoecology: Ecosystems, Environments and Evolution. Benchley, Peter J & DAT Harper (1998), Chapman & Hall. paleoecology)

Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades. Rose, Kenneth D & J David Archibald [eds.] (2005), Johns Hopkins University Press, 259 pp. systematics)

Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures : A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric LifeDixon, Douglas, B Gardiner, D Palmer, B Cox, & RJ Savage (1999), Simon & Schuster, 312 pp. ISBN: 0684864118  (general)

Snowball Earth. Walker, Gabrielle (2003), Crown Group: 269 pp. ISBN 0-7475-6433-7.  (Earth systems)

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part O (Revised) Arthropoda 1, vol. 1: Trilobita: Introduction, Order Agnostida, Order Redlichiida.  Whittington, HB, BDE Chatterton, SE Speyer, RA Fortey, RM Owens, WT Chang, WT Dean, PA Jell, JR Laurie, AR Palmer, LN Repina, AWA Rushton, JH Shergold, ENK Clarkson, NV Wilmot, & SRA Kelly (1997), RA Kaesler [ed.]. Geol. Soc. Amer. & Univ. Kan., 530+ pp.  (Systematics)

Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution. Fortey, Richard A (2000), HarperCollins, 269 pp. ISBN 0-00-257012-2, 0375406255? (evolution, paleontology)

When Life Nearly Died: the Greatest Mass Extinction of all Time. Benton, Michael J. (2003). Thames & Hudson, 336 pp. (paleoecology, geology).


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