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Two
suggestions:
On the "young" end of the spectrum, whatever the latest edition of
Fenton & Fenton (and co-author's) The Fossil Book
is.
On the
"older, willing to read a lot of text, layman" end of the spectrum, Richard
Fortey's Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on
Earth. Some errors in the dino section, but highly
recommended.
Thomas R. Holtz,
Jr.
Vertebrate
Paleontologist
Department of Geology
Director, Earth, Life & Time
Program
University of Maryland
College Park
Scholars
College Park, MD
20742
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/tholtz.htm
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/eltsite
Phone:
301-405-4084 Email: tholtz@geol.umd.edu
Fax
(Geol): 301-314-9661 Fax (CPS-ELT):
301-405-0796
I have a
book question for anyone that can help me out. A science teacher friend of
mine keeps asking me for a book or two that would give the layman a really
good general sweep of paleontology...... He is not just talking dinosaurs
here. In fact, he'd like to get hold of two books.... One about invertebrate
paleo...... and the other, of course, about vertebrate paleo. Oh,..... And
pictures........ Gotta have pictures. I can't seem to be able to come up with
books that wouldn't make me look sideways as I tried to read them... let alone
someone who doesn't know much about paleontology in general.
So, if
any of yah can give me some Book titles...... Please do.
Thanks
Kris
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