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The baboon there is from a fantastic little book called All Yesterdays, specifically about how we might be misguessing about extinct animals.

All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals https://www.amazon.com/dp/1291177124/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_pEanCbYSHYA61

You may be interested in the book The Ghosts of Evolution.

https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Evolution-Nonsensical-Ecological-Anachronisms/dp/0465005527

Here's one for Pangaea

http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/map-showing-where-todays-countries-would-be-located-on-pangea.html

And one for the Cretaceous, but you'll need to apply some of your own research/imagination to pencil in the country lines on this one.

https://www.britannica.com/science/Cretaceous-Period

My dad, paleoartist Brian Cooley, just launched a kickstarter campaign funding a roadtrip home for a seven meter long Transylvanian Dwarf Dinosaur called Magyarosaurus. My dad reconstructed the dinosaur from fossils discovered in Transylvania, and is sending it to a Romanian dinosaur museum that has limited funds. The project will generate awareness and sponsorship for the Romanian Dinosaur Renaissance, and be the subject of a feature documentary. Here is the Kickstarter link.

I'm an armchair paleontologist, and I don't speak Russian. :( What would you say is the most notable feature in this analysis which suggests new genera for these specimens?

>typical benthosuchid features

Would this be a good place to start for learning about what such features would include? http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Benthosuchus

thanks!

If he's still interested in dinosaurs this fall, I just finished a Dino 101 course on Coursera that he may find interesting. It's supposed to be a college level course, but there were young kids taking it along with their parents who seemed to be enjoying it, and if nothing else, you'll be able to answer his questions better (all of these questions were answered during that course.) There's another session of it starting in September.

https://www.coursera.org/course/dino101

Edit to add: Don't be intimidated by the estimated time you'll need to dedicate to the course each week. I found I was able to complete all the work (reading a few pages of course notes, watching all the videos, and completing the 5-question quiz) for each lesson in under an hour apiece. Even allotting time to explain things to your son, it shouldn't take the 3-5 hours/week they provide as an estimate. There are also class forums where you can go to ask questions to the professors, other students, and other paleontologists directly, which may help if he comes up with more questions that weren't covered!

These are also available on Amazon. Paint is slightly different and mine didn’t have bases, but they’re hanging up in my classroom. Pretty good size, too. check it out

Richards Dawkins The Ancestor's Tale is very good. It traces human evolution all the up the tree through common ancestors, and is very interesting to digest in chunks.

Little more extensive than my copy, I think; mine is this one, which must be about half the size in every dimension!

But that is also the sort of thing I was looking for, too, so thanks for bringing it to my attention! Though given the phyisical size, I think that one is a birthday/Christmas wish list. (if for no other reason that I'm not sure I could find space for it in my bedroom at the moment, at least not until I have cleared some deck-space reading and dealing with my grandparent's collected of World of Wildlife from the 1970s...!)

Though also a possibility for Christmas present for the oldest of my nephews as well, actually.

It is 9 years old but I found All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals interesting.

https://www.amazon.com/Princeton-Field-Guide-Dinosaurs-Second/dp/0691167664

No problem! Here's another one of my favorites for reference material, much less technical than Oceans is but no less accurate. Totally forgot to mention this, sorry.

I would add to suggest Oceans of Kansas, 2 ed. https://www.amazon.com/Oceans-Kansas-Second-Natural-Interior/dp/0253026326 It's a fantastic analysis of the western interior seaway, has many full color pictures to help keep you from getting lost, and even starts off with a narrative to give a feeling for life, using a couple fossils as a guide to write a scene. I've been really enjoying it. It has some parts that go into the fossil hunting itself, both from personal experience and historical.

Amazon.com. For instance, I bought Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History, which is an undergrad textbook, for $7.25, including shipping. Just search for the books you want and look to the used section in the listing. Most of the ones I've bought on Amazon came from libraries so they have the tough plastic outer jackets on them, which helps reduce wear and tear.

This book is absolutely gorgeous. Includes more than dinosaurs but lots of information and art https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241287308/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_30ngFb9G63TW1 And yeah, Complete Dinosaur is less coffee table book, more massive dense tome with very little in the way of graphics. Excellent, don't get me wrong, but not a coffee table book

Apparently, the "man" is not a man, It is a woman by the name of Tracy Lee Ford, who thinks that Theropods were lipless I also have evidence for this, the series it's a part of is called Paleofile, and there's another book with those types of reconstructions. I think I've found the Female David Peters.

This is basically the updated version of it. Presumably they put "Dinosaurs" in the title to make it sexier but it's the same, just with 7 years of improved science https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Prehistoric-Life-Definitive-Smithsonian/dp/1465482490/ref=d\_pd\_sbs\_sccl\_2\_1/147-9472579-8016864?pd\_rd\_w=Gb59M&content-id=amzn1.sym.38bbd1de-73a5-4ef9-9954-df27c3112829&pf\_rd\_p=38bbd1de-73a5-4ef9-99...

Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History 4th Edition

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Check these books out. I have red both of them and I approve them. The second one is mostly for the general audience and new reader. The first one is literally a college textbook, complete and updated.

The Paleobiology Database is an amazing interactive database of fossil from around the world PBDB

Rockd is a great app for your phone to find out about the age of the rocks around you and what fossil typically occur in them Rockd

There are a few good options out there, but this book is probably the most comprehensive while still having plenty of illustrations.

When sexually aroused, excited or unable to find available members of their own kind, animals mate with members of other species with surprising regularity. Incidents of this sort are probably more common than generally realised, and there is evidence from the modern world that they occur increasingly during times of environmental stress or as populations become reduced or brought together due to changing conditions. When the species concerned are closely related, hybrid babies can be the result: numerous such cases are known from the modern world. However, matings between distantly-related species also occur in the wild. These seem to serve no function other than to relieve the frustration or boredom of at least one of the participants. As unsettling as they may seem, such acts may even be considered to bepart of the animal's play behavior. In one especially celebrated recent case, an apparently frustrated Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella ) copulated with a King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus ). It is well known that modern elephants are prone to a sort of seasonal sexual madness when they go through a phase of heightened sexual aggression termed musth. While in musth, elephants have been observed trying to forcefully mate with members of different species, such as rhinos.

We combined ideas about interspecies mating events with both the possibility of oversized sexual organs and of a seasonal 'sexual madness'. The result: a bull Stegosaurus trying to mount an innocent Haplocanthosaurus . In order to mate with females bearing a phalanx of dangerous spines and armored plates, we imagined male stegosaurs to have developed some of the largest and most frighteningly dextrous penises of the dinosaur world.

Source: All Yesterdays Book by C.M. Kösemen, Darren Naish, and John Conway

https://www.amazon.com/Jurassic-World-Attack-Pack-Callovosaurs/dp/B07VZJWFJB this one? besides that, Safari Gryposaurus is the other blue one

There is a book covering them, although it's now over 25 years old:

https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-East-Coast-David-Weishampel/dp/0801852161/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LLKH0M3XI0GH&keywords=dinosaurs+east+coast&qid=1655002585&sprefix=dinosaurs+east+coast%2Caps%2C53&sr=8-1

Looks like a really nice exhibit.

In my opinion I would recommend: Dinosaurs-The Grand Tour: Everything Worth Knowing About Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops.

It goes throughout the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous period detailing information about the various dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures that lived during that time. There are also some visuals provided for the creatures, and even size comparisons as well!

I just began rereading it recently, so it was the example I could come up with that I had read about. I recommend getting the second, updated version from 2019. Here's the link to it in case you're interested: https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs_The-Grand-Tour-Second-Zuniceratops/dp/161519519X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3T16J1T0G6U2L&keywords=Dinosaurs%E2%80%95The+Grand+Tour&qid=1648907888&sprefix=dinosaurs+the+grand+tour%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1

Richard Fortey has written a fun easy to read monograph you might find helpful. It’s written in a way that non-paleontologists can understand while still being technical enough to satisfy professionals.

Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution

No prob!! May I also recommend Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World by Michael J. Benton, fascinating, in-depth and up to date

But I would like to now your opinion on this one too

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CollectA-Microraptor-Figurine-Scale/dp/B084BTPP8C

One final comment, I promise this will be the last, if your child likes Ankylosaurus magniventris, I’d recommend getting a nice figurine. While fossils are really cool, they can often not seems like much to a young child, especially a small scute. There are a lot of ankylosaur toys and figurines out there, but I would recommend PNSO in terms of accuracy. They make beautiful, yet realistic dinosaurs, and this one you can even find on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/PNSO-Prehistoric-Animal-Models-Ankylosaurus/dp/B07RDW8KZL/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=1951JYXEOFOR5&keywords=pnso+ankylosaurus&qid=1644157134&sprefix=pnos+anklosaurus%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-2

Btw- I am not sponsored by PNSO or anything, I just love their figurines.

Hey guys! For those that wanted to purchase prints, a Patreon page is live! You can still inquire with me personally by PM and email, but if you'd like to make it easier by using the Patreon platform, you're more than welcome. Also, you can support lots of other creators! Cheers! https://www.patreon.com/boffrey?ty=h

Looks like this book we got my daughter for her birthday this year. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1601694806/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_58D9HJD7EJ47NZ58XXDB

Different enough we probably get it though. We love books like that.

It's hard to see on this map, but it looks like travel between Asia and North America was possible. Tyrannosauridae, of which both Tarbosaurus and Tyrannosaurus are members, are indeed listed as a single family attested in both Asia and North America.

Edit: It's worth mentioning that the Bering land bridge has appeared and disappeared numerous times throughout natural history. Many mammals have also made the crossing in one direction or the other over the course of the Cenozoic.

Abstract: We report 95 vertebrate taxa (13 fishes, 11 reptiles, 63 birds,8 mammals) from late Pleistocene bone deposits in SawmillSink, Abaco, The Bahamas. The >5,000 fossils were recoveredby scuba divers on ledges at depths of 27 –35 m below sea level. Ofthe 95 species, 39 (41%) no longer occur on Abaco (4 reptiles, 31birds, 4 mammals). We estimate that 17 of the 39 losses (all of thembirds) are linked to changes during the Pleistocene–Holocene Tran-sition (PHT) (~15–9 ka) in climate (becoming more warm and moist),habitat (expansionofbroadleaf forest at theexpense ofpinewood-land), sea level (rising from−80 m to nearly modern levels), andisland area (receding from ∼17,000 km to 1,214 km). The remain-ing 22 losses likely are related to the presence of humans on Abacofor the past 1,000 y. Thus, the late Holocene arrival of people prob-ably depleted more populations than the dramatic physical andbiological changes associated with the PHT.

https://www.academia.edu/19690442/Vertebrate_community_on_an_ice-age_Caribbean_island

Scroll down, Full Text is available to read without signing in. :-)

Though this paper is just out this year, this is a blog post from >5 years ago on the site when it was first reported: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071217-bahamas-fossils.html

The Ultimate Dinosaur Encyclopedia

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs

I'm looking at these two, the first one for the AR experience which could be fun, and nice artwork. The second one seems to have quite a lot of dinosaurs, but with some outdated information according to reviews.

Two books I'm aware of are The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals and The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.

You can donate monthly here: http://www.patreon.com/dragontongues?u=80230

Or do a one time donation here: https://www.paypal.com/ca/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=Dumtig2I_KX4wk84As0yXO2phjGCz02uTGt0FjkodcWxSUh4_4JiheU4fbu&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d8cdcf517b037b4502f6cc98f1ee6e5fb

Here's a great video by PBS Eons about the plate motions over time. Also if your interested in getting a good understanding of the earth processes in general like plate tectonics, erosion, weather, etc, How the Earth Works is an awesome course. I'm listening through it right now on Audible.

I recommend "dinosaurs, the grand tour' https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs_The-Grand-Tour-Second-Zuniceratops/dp/161519519X/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=dinosaurs+the+grand+tour&qid=1627485792&sprefix=dinosaurs+the+g&sr=8-3 It has some inaccurate reconstructions, but the text is really informative

National Geographic Mega Fossil Dig Kit – Excavate 15 Real Fossils Including Dinosaur Bones, Educational Toys, Great Gift for Girls and Boys, an AMAZON EXCLUSIVE Science Kit https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0160JBS5K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_G2SCVQ4NF01QPZT0B8QT

I've used one of these before I got an airscribe, and it worked pretty well. It's not as good as my microjack 4, but it's about $500 cheaper, and its better than manually chipping rock off with a pinvise.

The Dinosaur Facts and Figures series is amazingly in-depth. I have both the Sauropod and Theropod books. Tons of information, down to really granular stuff, and illustrations throughout. They're on my coffee table right now!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691190690/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_FSH5KNRMJ3X0MDS5R3GB?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691180318/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_ZD6TC5K35N09K3D8DW7P?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

It always amazes me when I seen one how small their head is. Such a tiny mouth to feed such a large animal. I also have wanted one as a pet since I read The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek Every child needs a George in their life.

Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages is superbly good (for the most part, some chapters are a bit "do I need to know all of this?").

When it comes to Paleoart, Mark Witton is your go-to source.

That depends entirely on the kind of text you want to read. I've found little that's in between overly simplified to be easy and enjoyable to read to dry academic. To start with, find anything that catches your interest and be ready for what you read in some texts to be contradicted in newer ones. It's a field that's always changing and being updated, so "facts" from even ten years ago can completely be turned on their head in following years. The most prominent examples lately being the constant debate on feathers for certain species.

One of my favorites growing up was The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures. It's pretty basic, and was published back in 2014 (it's undergone several revisions over the years), but it has a synopsis on many various species and helped me figure out which eras and creatures I found the most interesting. It's much easier to find books to read when you can narrow down to an era or a type of creature. Also, don't underestimate how interesting invertebrates and super early soft bodied creatures can be! Some of them are really fascinating.

Regardless, the best I advice I know how to give is to just keep reading, and read whatever you can find. News articles, blogs from various paleontologists and paleoartists, books, etc. Read anything and everything you can.

You're not going to get absolutely everything in one book, but this is my favorite overview encyclopedia of major groups/ trends/ some fine examples, hard to beat the price too https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Dinosaurs-Prehistoric-Life-Publishing/dp/0756638364

(Edit: still pretty biased on mammals and reptiles/dinos, but still throws out a lot of the more obscure ones)

Imagining that migration you described, of herds all coming together, jostling, making noise, under the sun. The Bulls on their own. The courtship, the nests, lots and lots of babies, the forests... amazing. I found these bad boys, both from a University press but to be honest, the pictures are good enough for me sometimes. Thanks heaps, for your sake, I hope you reincarnate as a diplodocus somewhere, good luck!

https://www.amazon.com/Sauropod-Dinosaurs-Life-Age-Giants/dp/1421420287

https://www.amazon.com/Biology-Sauropod-Dinosaurs-Understanding-Giants/dp/0253355087

I'm just starting to learn more on paleomycology, and I stumbled on this unanswered post while hoping to find a subreddit on the topic. I can't answer most of your questions or speak to the palynology side of this, but I can make a few reading suggestions. I literally just started looking into this today though, so I can't yet speak to the quality of material.

• There's a 2015 book called Fossil Fungi by Thomas N. Taylor that looks good, and even if the book itself isn't great, it has many pages of references to sift through for further information. The book itself is relatively pricey, but you may find it through a library. You can view the table of contents and the references (go to index and scroll up) on amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Fossil-Fungi-Thomas-N-Taylor/dp/0123877318/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fossil+fungi+taylor&qid=1597370702&s=books&sr=1-1#reader_0123877318
• There's a journal titled "Mycologia" (ISSN:1557-2536) that keeps coming up in my library catalog searches with many articles about ancient fungi. It's not the journal's primary focus, but it may be worth browsing back issues, if you can get access.

I managed to find a book on Amazon that relates to what I was looking for, but it has a narrower focus and appears to be a survey beyond Palaeontology. Can't afford it at $51 for the kindle book:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00KRFFI2I/ref=docs-os-doi_0

Encyclopedia of dinosaurs and prehistoric life very well rounded intro

As is 25 fossils book by Prothero, just much less pictures/ more specialized info

Read this book, it's very easy to follow and very absorbing. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flying-Dinosaurs-Fearsome-Reptiles-Became/dp/0231171781/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=1505919515&sr=8-24&keywords=dinosaur+birds

If you want an overview of palaeontology I recommend these books by Mike Benton to my undergraduates - they are by far an away the best written and comprehensive text books: Basic Palaeontology and Intro to Vert Palaeo.

Benton

Carroll

By review she/he most likely means review papers (in an academic journal). They are published either on an issue/clade or a geologic formation etc.

Prehistoric Life by DK Publishing. Quite the opposite of a dense book. It is definitely an illustration-heavy text. This was our main textbook for my Paleontology class last fall.

For invertebrates, pretty much the standard for undergraduate courses is Clarkson's Invertebrate Evolution and Paleontology