OCEAN PALEONTOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHY

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WORLD WIDE WEB

Caribbean Geology and Tectonics

http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/caribgeol/

Find out about geosciences in the Caribbean.  Information on the region is presented, including links to outside sites.

Extinction of Megalodon

http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/evolution/megalodon_extinction.htm

A discussion, including information on the rise of the Isthmus of Panama, on why megalodon could not survive in a changing world.

Invertebrate Paleontology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/InvertPaleo/

Web site of Harvard University Department of Invertebrate Paleontology.  Collections and history

Museum of Paleontology

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

University of California at Berkeley online museum offers exhibits, educational resources, information on geologic time, and more.

Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/

“NMITA is an online biotic database containing images and data for taxa used in analyses of Tropical American biodiversity over the past 25 million years.”

Paleontology – Selected Online Resources

http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/paleonet.shtml

Provides links to WWW sites dealing with paleontology- Museums, Societies, List servers, Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Plants,

Bibliographies, Databases, Publications, Virtual Field trips

Panama Paleontology Project

http://www.fiu.edu/~collinsl/pppimagemapnew.htm

This site contains information on the project that aims to collect fossils from ancient deposits on both sides of the isthmus, and use them in research that addresses evolutionary, biogeographic, and environmental changes through time.

The Rise of an Isthmus Brings Change on a Big Scale

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/isthmus.html

A short article from Smithsonian Magazine detailing why the isthmus caused so much change.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

http://www.stri.org/

“STRI's international scientific staff conducts investigations throughout the New and Old World tropics.”

WWW Virtual Library: Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography

http://www.datasync.com/~farrar/www_vl_paleoclim.html

Access to information about paleoceanography, including links to academic institutions, journals, and more.

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BOOKS

Animal-Sediment Relations: The Biogenic Alteration of Sediments. New York: Plenum Press, 1982. IZ&G QH90.8 .B46 A54 1982.

Archaeological Geology. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1985.  Main CC77.5 .A73 1985.

Cronin, Thomas M. Principles of Paleoclimatology. New York: Columbia University Press, c1999. IZ&G QC884 .C74 1999.

Donovan, Stephen K. and Christopher R. C. Paul, eds. The Adequacy of the Fossil Record. Chichester, West Sussex, England; New York: Wiley, c1998. Main QE711.2 .A33 1998.

Effects of Past Global Change on Life.  Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1995. Main QE720 .E32 1995.

Geologic Map of the Circum-Pacific Region.  Pacific Basin Sheet.  Reston, VA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geological Service 2000.  Maps-Geologic CP-49.

Hershey, Oscar H. The Geology of the Central Portion of the Isthmus of Panama.  Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1901. BOT QE216 .H47 1901.

Introduction to Marine Micropaleontology.  New York: Elsevier l978.  IZ&G Diatom Collection  QE 719 .I57.

Jones, Meredith L., ed. The Panamic Biota: Some Observations Prior to a Sea-Level Canal: A Symposium. [Washington, D.C.: Treasurer, Biological Society of Washington] 1972. Main Serials QH1 .B559 no.2.

Kay, Richard F., ed. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics: The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia.  Washington [D.C.]: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1997. Main QE841 .V415 1997.

Kennett, James P., ed. The Miocene Ocean: Paleoceanography and Biogreography. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America, 1985. Main Serials QE1 .G22 no.163.

Lasca, Norman P. and Jack Donahue, eds. Archaeological Geology of North America. Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America, 1990. Main CC77.5 .A74 1990.

Matsen, Bradford. Planet Ocean: A Story of Life, the Sea, and Dancing to the Fossil Record. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, c1994 (1995 printing). Pub QE721.2 .E85 M38 1994.

Micropaleontology.  New York: American Museum of Natural History 1947.  IZ&G Diatom Collection QE719 .M56.

Micropaleontology Bulletin.  Stanford: Stanford University 1926.  IZ&G Diatom Collection QE719.M562.

Pacific Neogene Datum Planes: Contributions to  Biostratigraphy and Chronology.  Tokyo: University of Toyko Press 1984.   IZ&G QE 690.P34  1984

Parrish, Judith Totman. Interpreting Pre-Quaternary Climate from the Geologic Record. New York: Columbia University Press, c1998. IZ&G QC884 .P37 1998.

Schopf, Thomas J. M. Paleoceanography. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. SA QE39 .S34 1980.

Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals.  Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.  Main QE 720.T47

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All materials above with a call number beginning Biodiv, Biodiv Juv, Pub, or Pub Juv are available for loan to Academy members.

January 2002 -- url update July 2003