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GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS Fossil Guides Smith 14 Arduini, P., and Giorgio Teruzzi; Horenstein, S., editor (1986). Simon & Schuster’s guide to fossils. New York: Simon & Schuster. Introduction includes sections on fossilization processes and taphonomy. Provides 280 color photographs of significant plant and animal fossils, including their stratigraphic position and geographical distribution. ✮ Mayr, H. (1992). A guide to fossils. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. This field guide to fossil identification includes over 500 color photographs, with concise descriptions of fossil structure, stratigraphic and geographic distribution, and fossilization conditions. Includes introductory discussions on the formation, emplacement and preservation of fossils. Thompson, I. (1982). National Audubon Society field guide to North American fossils. New York: Knopf. An all-photographic field guide to the fossils of North America (north of Mexico). Includes nearly 500 full-color photographs identifying fossils of all types, as well as fossil-bearing sediments and common fossil outcrop formations. Regional Field Guides Regional taphonomy field guides are often published as the outcome of field trips associated with a society’s annual meeting. A small sample of available guides. Darby, D.A. (1983). Sedimentology, diagenesis and stratigraphy of pleistocene coastal deposits in southeastern Virginia. Norfolk, VA: Old Dominion University. Field trip associated with the Fifteenth annual Virginia Geologic Field Conference, November 12, 1983. Flessa, K.W., (ed.). (1987). Paleoecology and taphonomy of recent to Pleistocene intertidal deposits, Gulf of California. Washington, DC: Paleontological Society. “Prepared for Field Trip Number 5 sponsored by the Geological Society of America and the Paleontological Society at their joint annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 1987.”
Smith 15 Wilson, J.R. (1992). Taphonomy of an Allosaurus quarry in the deposits of a Late Jurassic braided river with a gravel-sand bedload, Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah. Field Guide to Geological Excursions in Utah and Adjacent Areas of Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming. Publication 92-3, pp. 375-381. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Geological Survey “Prepared for the Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Meeting in Ogden, Utah, May 13-15, 1992.” Additional regional field guides and guidebooks may be located using: American Geological Institute (2005. Geologic Guidebooks of North America. Retrieved November 18, 2005, from http://guide.georef.org/dbtw-wpd/guidens.htm Handbooks Converse, H.H., McCarty, R. (1994). Handbook of paleo-preparation techniques. Third edition. Gainesville, FL: Florida Paleontological Society. Illustrated guide to fossils collection and preservation techniques. ✮ Goldring, R. (1991). Fossils in the field: information potential and analysis. New York: Longman Scientific & Technical. A process-oriented guide for fossil collection and site analysis that includes a chapter devoted to taphonomic methods in the field. Includes numerous flow charts and tables correlating field observations with stratigraphic and taphonomic implications. Taphonomy of trace fossils, plant fossils, soft-bodied and vertebrate animals are treated individually. Lichter, G. (1993). Fossil collector's handbook: finding, identifying, preparing, displaying. New York: Sterling Publishing. Illustrated guide to the paleontological tools and methods used to collect, preserve and record fossil specimens. MacDonald, J.R. (1983). The fossil collector's handbook: a paleontology field guide. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Not reviewed.
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