Paleontology Guide

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

The formations volume of a handbook written for collectors, walking through the rock units period by period and listing the fossils each one yields. Goldring wrote it for people with a hammer and no formal training.

Winifred Goldring