Fossils
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A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas
$29.95 Add to cartThis book is the only definitive guide that presents a collection of the state’s most common fossils and also shows the most important, noteworthy, and unusual speciments.
- Series: Gulf Publishing Field Guide Series
- Author: Finsley, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0891230440
- Language: English
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A History of the Waco Mammoth Site: In Pursuit of a National Monument
$19.99 Add to cartIn paleontology there are certain encounters considered breakthroughs. Occasionally a unique event is discovered that permanently impacts our interpretation of an entire species.
The Waco Mammoth Site
- Author: Smith, Calvin B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1481317709
- Language: English
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Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting
$24.95 Add to cartBasic Rockhounding and Prospecting is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning the basics of collecting rocks and minerals. It’s the perfect companion title to the more advanced Modern Rockhoundi
- Series: Rockhounding
- Author: Romaine, Garret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1493084224
- Language: English
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Fossils: An Essential Guide
$26.00 Add to cartWith stunning images and an expert guide, explore the world of fossils to uncover the story of life on Earth, from the origins of new life to mass extinctions.
Ancient Earth seems like an alien world- Author: Taylor, Paul D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0226839397
- Language: English
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The Age of Dinosaurs in Virginia and Nearby States
$16.95 Add to cartAlthough the fossil dinosaur deposits of the western United States are justly famous and widely appreciated, the fossil deposits of the eastern United States have received much less publicity. The Age
- Author: Weems, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1953021778
- Language: English
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Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook
$24.95 Add to cartThis volume gives you the basic tools to transition from “pebble pup” to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findi
- Author: Romaine, Garret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1493078496
- Language: English
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Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution
$20.00 Read moreFor most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last 20 years scientists have uncovered remarkable fossils and new technologies t
- Author: Panciroli, Elsa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 147298398X
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Fossils
$7.95 Read moreFrom dinosaur bones to petrified wood and primordial seashells to archaic oddballs, this handy field guide makes identification of fossils a cinch. Learn how to identify a fossil and discover the most
- Author: Persons, W. Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 2
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1550179101
- Language: English
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A History of Life in 100 Fossils
$24.95 Read moreA History of Life in 100 Fossils showcases 100 key fossils that together illustrate the evolution of life on earth. Iconic specimens have been selected from the renowned collections of the two premier… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Paul D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1588347702
- Language: English
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The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time
$49.00 Add to cartThe landscape of southwestern Wyoming around the ghost town of Fossil is beautiful but harsh; a dry, high mountain desert with cool nights and long, cold winters inhabited by a sparse mountain desert … [more below]
- Author: Grande, Lance
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0226922960
- Language: English
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Fossils: The Key to the Past
$24.95 Add to cart“Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers.”–Bill Bryson
In his accessible introduction to the study and meaning of fossils, the world-renowned paleontologist Richard Fortey provides a comp
- Author: Fortey, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 02 2015
- ISBN10: 1501700537
- Language: English
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Fossils of Iowa: Field Guide to Paleozoic Deposits
$14.99 Add to cartThe Fossils of Iowa field guide is written primarily for amateurs in geological exploration and collecting. Robert Wolf provides a comprehensive coverage of more than 150 sites in Iowa and adjacent ar… [more below]
- Author: Wolf, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 1504032918
- Language: English
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Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic
$39.95 Add to cartTrilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of
- Author: Secher, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 023120096X
- Language: English
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The Trilobite Collector’s Guide
$59.95 Read moreFor more than 250 million years, the primeval oceans of the Paleozoic teemed with trilobites. These hardy invertebrates evolved into an astonishing array of separate species–more than 25,000 at last
- Author: Secher, Andy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 231213808
- Language: English
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The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Science, and the Global Quest for Fossils
$21.99 Add to cartIn this 2018 New York Times Notable Book, Paige Williams “does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids” (Book Riot) in her account of one Florida man’s reckless attempt to sell a dinosaur skele
- Author: Williams, Paige
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0316382515
- Language: English
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Rockhounding Colorado: A Guide to the State’s Best Rockhounding Sites
$24.95 Add to cartRockhounding Colorado takes you to 81 of the best rockhounding sites in the state. Search for amethyst and quartz at the Crystal Hill Mine, check out the view at Douglas Pass while looking for leaf im
- Series: Rockhounding
- Author: Warren, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493067907
- Language: English
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Fossils: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-To-Use Guide
$8.99 Add to cartThis introduction to the life of the past as revealed through fossils includes:
-Descriptions of the typical plants and animals of major geological eras
-Maps showing where fossils can be found
-The his- Series: Golden Guide from St. Martin’s Press
- Author: Rhodes, Frank H. T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 14 2001
- ISBN10: 1582381429
- Language: English
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Fossils
$21.99 Add to cartThe clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils from around the world.
This comprehensive pocket guide is the perfect introduction to finding, iden- Series: DK Smithsonian Handbook
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0744030005
- Language: English
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How to Read a Rock: Our Planet’s Hidden Stories
$34.95 Read moreRocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth’s incredible rock formations and the stories they hold
Like rings on a tree stump hold the h- Author: Zalasiewicz, Jan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1588347281
- Language: English
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Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
$46.58 Add to cartThe revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life
We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having van- Author: Greenwalt, Dale E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0691221146
- Language: English
