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Collector's Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids

Dinosaur Tracks from Brazil

A Lost World of Gondwana Giuseppe Leonardi & Ismar de Souza Carvalho Foreword by James O. Farlow

William W. Morgan Foreword by David L. Meyer

The first comprehensive guide for iden�fying the fossils of echinoderms from hundreds of millions of years ago, when North America was covered by a warm, equatorial sea. It features photographs of the bestquality specimens curated in the Smithsonian and other prominent invertebrate fossil museums.

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The first full-length study of dinosaurs in Brazil. Veteran paleontologists Giuseppe Leonardi and Ismar de Souza Carvalho painstakingly document and analyze each track found at 37 individual sites and at approximately 96 stra�graphic levels.

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Series: Life of the Past December 2021 141 color photos, 7 b&w illus., 2 maps, 5 charts 182pp 9780253058232 £48.00 HB now £33.60

Series: Life of the Past August 2021 93 color illus., 69 b&w illus., 32 line drawings, 23 maps, 9 charts, 63 b&w tables 462pp 9780253057228 £68.00 HB now £47.60

Jurassic West, Second Edition

Life through the Ages II

The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World John Foster Foreword by Dale A. Russell

Twenty-First Century Visions of Prehistory Mark P. Witton What was life like on our planet long before the early humans emerged? Paleontologist Dr. Mark P. Wi�on draws on the latest twenty-first century discoveries to re-create the appearances and lifestyles of ex�nct, fascina�ng species, the environments they inhabited, and the challenges they faced living on an everchanging planet.

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Aimed at the general reader, Jurassic West, Second Edi�on recounts the discovery of many important Late Jurassic dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus, Allosaurus, and Stegosaurus.

Series: Life of the Past April 2020 67 color illus., 2 b&w illus. 168pp 9780253048110 £20.99 HB now £14.69

Series: Life of the Past October 2020 170 color photos, 6 b&w photos, 4 maps, 33 figures, 1 color table 560pp 9780253051578 £48.00 HB now £33.60

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Dinosaurs of Darkness

In Search of the Lost Polar World Thomas H. Rich & Patricia VickersRich Opens a doorway to a fascina�ng former world, between 100 million and 120 million years ago, when Australia was far south of its present loca�on and joined to Antarc�ca. The first edi�on has been updated with the latest discoveries and over 100 new photographs and charts.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Life of the Past March 2020 150 color illus., 46 b&w illus. 332pp 9780253047397 £26.99 PB now £18.89

Mesozoic Sea Dragons

Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio Olivier Rieppel Illustrated by Beat Scheffold An in-depth look at marine life from the Middle Triassic Period, drawing upon the best marine fossil record for that period in the world. Rieppel offers memorable glimpses of not only what marine rep�les looked like but how they moved and lived in the lagoon.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Life of the Past April 2019 82 color illos, 13 B&W illus., 2 B&W line art, 1 color line art, 1 table 256pp 9780253040114 £60.00 HB now £42.00

Noah's Ravens

Oceans of Kansas, Second Edition

A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea

Michael J. Everhart

Updated and expanded with the latest interpreta�ons and fossil discoveries, this second edi�on adds new twists to the fascina�ng story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America during the Age of Dinosaurs. Giant sharks, marine rep�les called mosasaurs, pteranodons, and birds with teeth all flourished in and around these shallow waters.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Life of the Past September 2017 220 color illus. 460pp 9780253026323 £40.00 HB now £28.00

Patrons of Paleontology

How Government Support Shaped a Science

Jane P. Davidson

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Davidson explores the mo�va�on behind the rush to fund explora�on in North America and Europe during the 19th and early 20th centuries, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascina�ng creatures that were being unearthed.

Series: Life of the Past August 2017 65 b&w illus. 256pp 9780253025715 £32.00 HB now £22.40

Interpreting the Makers of Tridactyl Dinosaur Footprints James O. Farlow

Life Through the Ages, A Commemorative Edition

Profusely illustrated and me�culously researched, Farlow quan�ta�vely explores a variety of approaches to interpre�ng the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living rela�ves.

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First published in 1946, this book was a beloved first look at the strange animals of the prehistoric past and the key resource for popular images of ancient life. This Commemora�ve Edi�on includes Knight’s re-photographed drawings and a new foreword and introduc�on.

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Series: Life of the Past October 2018 250 b&w illus. 800pp 9780253027252 £68.00 HB now £47.60

Series: Life of the Past August 2017 34 b&w illus. 96pp 9780253028822 £13.99 PB now £9.79

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Charles R. Knight

Turtles as Hopeful Monsters Origins and Evolution Olivier Rieppel

Brilliantly weaving evidence from the latest paleontological discoveries with an accessible, incisive look at different theories of biological evolu�on and their proponents, this book tells the fascina�ng evolu�onary story of the turtles.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Series: Life of the Past March 2017 28 color illus. 216pp 9780253024756 £36.00 HB now £25.20

The Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South America Darin A. Croft Illustrated by Velizar Simeonovski INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Organized as a "walk through �me" and featuring species from 15 important fossil sites, this book is the most extensive and richly illustrated volume devoted exclusively to the Cenozoic mammals of South America.

Series: Life of the Past August 2016 197 color illus. 320pp 9780253020840 £40.00 HB now £28.00

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Highligh�ng the fascina�ng twists and turns of evolu�on across more than 540 million years, paleobiologist Ma�hew Bonnan uses everyday objects to explain the emergence and adapta�on of the vertebrate skeleton.

Dinosaur Footprints and Trackways of La Rioja Félix Pérez-Lorente

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Dinosaur footprints—now fossilized in rock—have turned Rioja into one of the most valuable dinosaur footprint sites in all of Europe. Félix Pérez-Lorente and his colleagues have published extensively on the region, mostly in Spanish-language journals. In this volume, Pérez-Lorente provides an up-to-date synthesis of that research in English.

Series: Life of the Past July 2015 227 b&w illus., 30 tables 376pp 9780253015150 £28.99 HB now £20.29

Dinosaur Tracks

The Next Steps Edited by Peter L. Falkingham, Daniel Marty & Annette Richter INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

The latest advances in dinosaur ichnology are showcased in this comprehensive and �mely volume, in which leading researchers and research groups cover the most essen�al topics in the study of dinosaur tracks.

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An Unconventional Evolutionary History of the Skeleton Matthew F. Bonnan

Series: Life of the Past February 2016 223 b&w illus., 26 color illus.

544pp 9780253018328 £54.00 HB now £37.80

Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys

Series: Life of the Past August 2016 177 color illus. 428pp 9780253021021 £32.00 HB now £22.40

The Bare Bones

The White River Badlands

Geology and Paleontology Rachel C. Benton, Dennis O. Terry, Jr., Emmett Evanoff & Hugh Gregory McDonald INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

This book provides a comprehensive reference to the sediments and fossils of the Big Badlands and will complement, enhance, and in some ways replace the classic 1920 volume by Cleophas C. O'Harra.

Series: Life of the Past May 2015 114 b&w illus., 16 color illus. 240pp 9780253016065 £36.00 HB now £25.20

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Hadrosaurs

Sabertooth

David A. Eberth Edited by David C. Evans

Mauricio Antón

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This volume presents the results of an interna�onal symposium on hadrosaurs.

Series: Life of the Past November 2014 371 b&w illus., 30 tables 640pp 9780253013859 £76.00 HB now £53.20

Cambrian Ocean World

Ancient Sea Life of North America John Foster INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

This volume presents life and �mes of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a cri�cal �me in Earth's history.

Series: Life of the Past June 2014 28 color illus., 186 b&w illus. 432pp 9780253011824 £52.00 HB now £36.40

Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico Edited by Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Kenneth Carpenter & Eberhard Frey INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current informa�on about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic.

Series: Life of the Past April 2014 10 color illus., 93 b&w illus., 1 map 280pp 9780253011831 £36.00 HB now £25.20

Fossils of the Carpathian Region

In this visual and intellectual treat of a book, Antón tells the story of sabertooth cats in words and pictures, all scrupulously based on the latest scien�fic research.

Series: Life of the Past November 2013 149 color illus. 264pp 9780253010421 £40.00 HB now £28.00

At the Top of the Grand Staircase

The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah Edited by Alan L. Titus & Mark A. Loewen INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

A major stepping stone toward a total synthesis of the ecology and evolu�on of the Late Cretaceous ecosystems of western North America.

Series: Life of the Past October 2013 338 b&w illus. 656pp 9780253008831 £62.00 HB now £43.40

In Pursuit of Early Mammals Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Presents the history of the mammals that lived during the Mesozoic era and describes their origins, anatomy, systema�cs, paleobiology, and distribu�on.

Series: Life of the Past July 2013 7 color illus., 71 b&w illus. 272pp 9780253008244 £7.99 eBook now £5.59

Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology

István Főzy & István Szente Edited by Gareth Dyke

Edited by J. Michael Parrish, Ralph E. Molnar, Philip J. Currie & Eva B. Koppelhus INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Provides a comprehensive review of the fossil record of the Carpathian Basin.

Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology highlights the far ranging and vital state of current tyrannosaurid dinosaur research and discovery.

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Series: Life of the Past December 2013 446 color illus., 7 maps 556pp 9780253009821 £80.00 HB now £56.00

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Series: Life of the Past July 2013 124 b&w illus. 312pp 9780253009302 £48.00 HB now £33.60