Book Reviews
Coeditors
- Yurena Yanes
- Sӧren Jensen
Managing Editor
- Kathleen Huber
2020
The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries
Donald R. Prothero
Columbia University Press
Hardback, 472 p.
Mesozoic Sea Dragons: Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio
Olivier Rieppel
Indiana University Press
Hardback, 256 p.
Alaska Dinosaurs: An Ancient Arctic World
Anthony R. Fiorillo
CRC Press
Hardback, 240 p.
2019
Oceans of Kansas, a Natural History of the Western Interior Sea
Second Edition
Michael J. Everhart
Indiana University Press
Hardback, 427 p.
2017
Ichnoentomology: Insect Traces in Soil and Paleosols (Springer, Topics in Geobiology, Volume 37)
Jorge F. Genise, 2016
Reviewed by Thomas M. Bown, Colorado State University
3/8/2017
2011
The Evolutionary History of Nematodes as Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies
(Nematology Monographs and Perspectives, Volume 9)
George O. Poinar, Jr., 2011
Reviewed by Art Boucot, Oregon State University
8/31/2011
Wasserinsekten im Baltischen Bernstein
[Aquatic Insects in Baltic Amber]
Wilfried Wichard, Carsten Gröhn, and Fabian Seredszus, Bilingual text (English/German), 2009
Reviewed by George Poinar, Oregon State University
8/31/2011
Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country
Marc S. Hendrix, 2011
Reviewed by Kevin Evans, Missouri State University
8/31/2011
Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park
Alan F. Glazner and Greg M. Stock, 2010
Reviewed by Kevin Evans, Missouri State University
8/31/2011
Physical Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analyses
Magnus Wangen, 2010
Reviewed by Robert G. Tscherny, Chevron Energy Technology Company
8/31/2011
Paleoimaging: Field Applications for Cultural Remains and Artifacts
R.G. Beckett and G.J. Conlogue, 2010
Reviewed by Ilya V. Buynevich, Temple University
8/31/2011
Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form and Function
Anjali Goswami and Anthony Friscia, editors, 2010
Reviewed by Joseph E. Peterson, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
8/31/2011
Molluscan Paleontology of the Chesapeake Miocene
Edward J. Petuch and Mardie Drolshagen, 2010
Reviewed by Warren D. Allmon, Paleontological Research Institution and Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University.
3/14/2011
Biodiversity of Fossils in Amber from the Major World Deposits
David Penney, ed., 2010
Reviewed by Dr. George Poinar, Oregon State University
3/14/2011
Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes and Environments
J. Knight and S. Harrison, ed., 2009
Reviewed by Leigh Sterns, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
1/12/11
Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus rex
Lowell Dingus and Mark A. Norell, 2010
Reviewed by Kenneth Carpenter, Prehistoric Museum, Utah State University .College of Eastern Utah
1/12/11
The Geology of Ireland, 2nd ed.
Charles Hepworth Holland and Ian S. Sanders, eds., 2009
Reviewed by Dr. John Murray, Earth & Ocean Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway
1/12/11
2010
Roadside Geology of Minnesota
Richard W. Ojakangas, ed., 2009
Reviewed by Sandra S. Brake, Indiana State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Systems
5/10/2010
Review (PDF 268 KB)
Insect Physiology and Biochemistry
James L. Nation, 2nd ed., 2008
Reviewed by Marten J. Edwards, Biology Department, Muhlenberg College; John S. Edwards, Department of Biology, University of Washington
5/5/2010
Review (PDF 260 KB)
Echinoderm Paleobiology
William I. Ausich and Gary D. Webster, eds., 2008
Reviewed by Rich Mooi, California Academy of Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
5/5/2010
Review (PDF 276 KB)
Ecology of Marine Sediments: From Science to Management, 2nd ed.
John S. Gray and Michael Elliot, 2009
Reviewed by Shahin E. Dashtgard, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
1/6/2010
Review (PDF 248 KB)
Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming .A Holocene Perspective
Richard W. Battarbee and Heather A. Binney, eds., 2008
Reviewed by William W. Hay Professor Emeritus, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
1/5/2010
Review (PDF 156 KB)
Devonian Reef Complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia
P.E. Playford, R.M. Hocking, and A.E. Cockbain, 2009
Reviewed by Noel P. James, Queen's University, Ontario
1/5/2010
Review (PDF 160 KB)
Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene
Ross H. Nehm and Ann F. Budd, eds., 2008
Reviewed by David H. Goodwin, Department of Geosciences, Denison University
1/5/2010
Review (PDF 164 KB)
2009
Essential Soil Science: A Clear and Concise Introduction to Soil Science
Mark R. Ashman and Geeta Puri, 2002
Reviewed by Alan F. Halfen, Department of Geography University of Kansas
9/4/2009
Review (PDF 260 KB)
T. rex and the Crater of Doom
Walter Alvarez, 1997
Reviewed by Justin Tweet, Paleontology Research Assistant (Guest Scientist) National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division
9/4/2009
Review (PDF 292 KB)
Swimming in Stone. The amazing Gogo fossils of the Kimberley
John Long, 2006
Reviewed by Hans-Peter Schultze, The University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center
7/26/2009
Review (PDF 208 KB)
Controls on Carbonate Platform and Reef Development
Edited by J. Lukasik and J.A. (Toni) Simo, 2008
Reviewed by Tracy D. Frank, Department of Geosciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3/30/2009
Review (PDF 268 KB)
Bonebeds
Edited by Raymond R. Rogers, David A. Eberth, and Anthony R. Fiorillo, 2007
Reviewed by Brian F. Platt, University of Kansas, Department of Geology
3/2/2009
Review (PDF 164 KB)
The Rock from Mars - A Detective Story on Two Planets
Kathy Sawyer, 2006
Reviewed by M. Dane Picard, Department of Geology, University of Utah
3/2/2009
Review (PDF 276 KB)
Cretaceous Rudists and Carbonate Platforms: Environmental Feedback
Edited by Robert W. Scott, 2007
Reviewed by Igor Vlahovi., University of Zagreb
3/2/2009
Review (PDF 164 KB)
Paleopalynology, 2nd ed
Alfred Traverse, 2007
Reviewed by Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, Missouri University of Science and Technology
3/2/2009
Review (PDF 332 KB)
Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From Theoretical Approaches to Field Applications
Éric Wajnberg, Carlos Bernstein, Jacques van Alphen, eds., 2008
Reviewed by Michael S. Engel, Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
3/2/2009
Review (PDF 252 KB)
2008
The New Encyclopedia of Snakes
Chris Mattison, 2007
Reviewed by Daniel I. Hembree, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University
11/30/2008
Review (PDF 180 KB)
A Reef in Time: The Great Barrier Reef from Beginning To End
John E. N. Veron, 2008
Reviewed by Wolfgang Kiessling and Heike Mewis, Museum fu..r Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
11/30/2008
Review (PDF 168 KB)
Water and the Environment: AGI Environmental Awareness Series, 5
Stephen J. Vandas, Thomas C. Winter, and William A. Battaglin, 2002
Reviewed by G. L. Macpherson, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
11/30/2008
Review (PDF 132 KB)
Glossary of Geology, 5th ed.
Edited by Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, James P. Mehl, Jr., and Julia A. Jackson, 2005
Reviewed by John W. Counts, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
11/30/2008
Review (PDF 152 KB)
Plant Desiccation Tolerance
M.A. Jenks and A.J. Wood, editors, 2007
Reviewed by Judith Totman Parrish, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho
11/30/2008
Review (PDF 176 KB)
Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide
by D. Paulson, 2005
Reviewed by Amanda Falk Department of Geology University of Kansas
11/30/2008
Review (PDF 148 KB)
The Deep
Claire Nouvian, 2007
Reviewed by G. L. Macpherson, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
11/30/2008
Review (PDF 144 KB
Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds
Luis M. Chiappe, 2007
Reviewed by David A. Burnham, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas
4/4/2008
Review (PDF 192 KB)
The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections: Fireballs, Falls, and Finds
Edited by G.J.H McCall, A.J. Bowden, and R.J., Howarth, 2006
Reviewed by Matthew L. Morgan Colorado Geological Survey
4/4/2008
Review (PDF 196 KB)
Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology
Elisabeth A. Parfitt and Lionel Wilson, 2008
Reviewed by Anthony W. Walton, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
4/4/2008
Review (PDF 156 KB)
Cool-Water Carbonates: Depositional Systems and Palaeoenvironmental Controls
Edited by H. M. Pedley and G. Carannante, 2006
Reviewed by Brian D. Keith, Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University and Department of Geological Sciences
4/4/2008
Review (PDF 188 KB)
Early Earth Systems: A Geochemical Approach
Hugh R. Rollinson, 2007
Reviewed by Christopher M. Fedo, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee
4/4/2008
Review (PDF 168 KB)
Environmental Sedimentology
Edited by Chris Perry and Kevin Taylor, 2007
Reviewed by Kathryn Amos, Australian School of Petroleum, The University Of Adelaide
1/13/2008
Review (PDF 156 KB)
Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales
John Tyler Bonner, 2006
Reviewed by Jon J. Smith, Kansas Geological Survey
1/13/2008
Review (PDF 96 KB)
Insect Diets: Science and Technology
A. C. Cohen, 2004
Reviewed by Conrad C. Labandeira, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
1/13/2008
Review (PDF 184 KB)
Non-Marine Permian Biostratigraphy and Biochronology
Spencer G. Lucas, Giuseppe Cassinis, and Joerg W. Schneider, eds., 2006
Reviewed by Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Department of Geology, The Field Museum
1/13/2008
Review (PDF 204 KB)
Trace Fossils: Concepts, Problems, Prospects
William Miller, ed, 2007
Reviewed by Emese M. Bordy, Rhodes University
1/13/2008
Review (PDF 188 KB)
Evidence from the Earth: Forensic Geology and Criminal Investigation
Raymond C. Murray, 2004
Reviewed by Ernest Angino, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
1/13/2008
Review (PDF 124 KB)
2007
Geowriting, Fifth Revised Edition
R.L. Bates, M.D. Adkins-Heljeson, and R.C. Buchanan, eds., 2004
Reviewed by Erin Saupe, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
11/15/07
Review (PDF 144 KB)
The Oceans and Climate
Grant Bigg, 2003
Reviewed by 07 Martin Zuschin, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna
10/30/07
Review (PDF 172 KB)
Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and Evolutionary Controls
J.J. Álvaro, M. Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, and E. Vennin, E., eds., 2007
Reviewed by Brian R. Pratt, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
9/29/07
Review (PDF 156 KB)
Mud and mudstones. Introduction and overview
P.E. Potter, J.B. Maynard, and P.J. Depetris, 2005
Reviewed by Juergen Schieber, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
9/22/07
Review (PDF 208 KB)
Raymond Cecil Moore: Legendary Scholar and Scientist, World-Class Geologist and Paleontologist
Daniel F. Merriam, 2007
Reviewed by William Ausich, School of Earth Sciences, Orton Geological Museum, The Ohio State University
9/14/07
Review (PDF 200 KB)
The Deposition of Organic-Carbon-Rich Sediments: Models, Mechanisms, and Consequences
Nicholas B. Harris, ed., 2005
Reviewed by Juergen Schieber, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
9/7/07
Review (PDF 132 KB)
River Variability and Complexity
S. A. Schumm, 2005
Reviewed by John Bridge, Binghamton University Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
9/1/07
Review (PDF 160 KB)
Roadside Geology of Louisiana
D. Spearing, 2007
Reviewed by Dan Hembree, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University
8/25/2007
Review (PDF 148 KB)
Glacier Science and Environmental Change
P.G. Knight, ed., 2006
Reviewed by Kees van der Veen, Department of Geography, University of Kansas
8/2/07
Review (PDF 152 KB)
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast
D. Archer, 2007
Reviewed by Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas, Department of Geography
7/24/2007
Review (PDF 184 KB)
Invasion Ecology
Julie L. Lockwood, Martha A. Hoopes, and Michael P. Marchetti, 2007
Reviewed by Alycia Stigall, Department of Geological Sciences Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies Ohio University
7/23/07
Review (PDF 148 KB)
Evolving Form and Function: Fossils and Development. Proceedings of a Symposium Honoring Adolf Seilacher for his Contributions to Paleontology, in Celebration of his 80th Birthday
Edited by D.E.G. Briggs, 2005
Reviewed by Russell Shapiro, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University
7/15/2007
Review (PDF 180 KB)
Changing Sea Levels: Effects of Tides, Weather and Climate
David Pugh, 2004
Reviewed by Stefano Dominici, University of Florence, Museo di Storia Naturale, Sezione di Geologia e Paleontologia
6/26/2007
Review (PDF 152 KB)
Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology (Topics in Geobiology)
Shuhai Xiao and A. J. Kaufman, eds., 2006
Reviewed by Alison N. Olcott, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
6/20/2007
Review (PDF 216 KB)
Predation in Organisms: A Distinct Phenomenon
Ashraf M. T. Elewa, 2006
Reviewed by Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution
6/8/2007
Review (PDF 144 KB
Geological Approaches to Coral Reef Ecology
Edited by Richard B. Aronson, 2007
Reviewed by Eberhard Gischler Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
5/31/2007
Review (PDF 200 KB
Principles of Paleontology, Third Edition
Michael Foote and Arnold Miller, 2007
Reviewed by Jonathan R. Hendricks, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
5/20/2007
Review (PDF 180 KB)
Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky
Jack Horner, 2005
Reviewed by Teresa MacDonald, Director of Education, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
5/14/2007
Review (PDF 196 KB)
Ice Age Mammals of North America: A Guide to the Big, the Hairy, and the Bizarre
Ian M. Lange, 2002
Reviewed by Teresa MacDonald, Director of Education, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
5/14/2007
Review (PDF 192 KB)
A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems
J.R. Ehleringer, T.E. Cerling, and M.D. Dearing, eds., 2005
Reviewed by Clint J. Springer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
5/14/2007
Review (PDF 196 KB)
Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea
Michael J. Everhart, 2005
Reviewed by Scott A. Hageman, Department of Geology and Geography, Park University
4/29/2007
Review (PDF 228 KB)
Cretaceous-Tertiary High-Latitude Palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica
J.E. Francis, D. Pirrie, and J.A. Crame, 2006
Reviewed by Howard Falcon-Lang, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
4/26/2007
Review (PDF 180 KB)
Dinosaurs of Italy
C. Dal Sasso, 2004
Reviewed by Aleksandar Mezga, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Zagreb
4/26/2007
Review (PDF 212 KB)
Dinosaur Provincial Park: A Spectacular Ancient Ecosystem Revealed
Philip J. Currie and Eva B. Koppelhus, eds., 2005.
Reviewed by Brian L. Hoffman, Department of Natural and Physical Sciences, Park University
4/17/2007
Review (PDF 200 KB)