Handbook of Paleontology for Beginners and Amateurs

Coloured plates of fossils drawn from two earlier atlases, with Mantell's descriptions of every specimen. A working reference for anyone trying to put a name to shells, plants and bones found in rock.

Gideon Algernon Mantell

A short museum guide to reading the fossil record period by period, from the Precambrian to the arrival of humans. It explains fossilization, geologic time and the main fossil groups without assuming any background.

Harvey C. Markman

A classroom guide to fossils, with activities on how body fossils form, how trace fossils work, how fossils get dated and how extinction events are read. Each activity comes with a handout you can print.

National Park Service and American Geosciences Institute