2013 INVENTORY SALE

In order to make room for incoming new volumes, the Paleontological Institute is offering a generous 30% off the following titles from now until the end of July, 2013, or until all surplus copies have been sold. Purchase yours by going to paleo.ku.edu/treatise. Hurry! There are only a few copies available of some titles at this special price.

Part B Protoctista 1, vol. 1 (Charophyta) 2005 $52.50
Part E1 (Revised) Archaeocyatha, vol. 1 1972 $23.80
Part E2 (Revised) Porifera, vol. 2 2003 $52.50
Part E3 (Revised) Porifera, vol. 3 2004 $87.50
Part F1&2 Coelenterata, Supplement 1, vols. 1 & 2 (Rugosa & Tabulata) 1981 $42.00
Part G (Revised) Bryozoa, vol. 1 1983 $42.00
Part H1 (Revised) Brachiopoda, vol. 1 1997 $70.00
Part H2&3 (Revised) Brachiopoda, vols. 2 & 3 2000 $84.00
Part H4 (Revised) Brachiopoda, vol. 4 2002 $84.00
Part H5 (Revised) Brachiopoda, vol. 5 2006 $70.00
Part H6 (Revised) Brachiopoda, vol. 6 2007 $105.00
Part L2 (Revised) Mollusca 4, vol. 2 (Carboniferous & Permian Ammonoidea) 2009 $52.50
Part L4 (Revised) Mollusca 4, vol. 4 (Cretaceous Ammonoidea) 1996 $52.50
Part O (Revised) Arthropoda 1, vol. 1 (Trilobita) 1997 $52.50
Part P Arthropoda 2 (Chelicerata) 1956 $24.50
Part Q Arthropoda 3 (Ostracoda) 1961 $42.00
Part T3 (Revised) Echinodermata 2, vol. 3 (Crinoidea) 1978 $52.50
Part U1&2 Echinodermata 3, vols. 1 & 2 (Echinoidea) 1966 $52.50
Part V (Revised) Graptolithina 1970 $19.60
Part W Miscellanea (Conodonta) 1962 $24.50
Part W Miscellanea, Supplement 2 (Conodonta) 1981 $24.50 

NOTE: shipping costs are extra. No additional discounts apply

The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the final article from Part E, Revised, Volume 4 (Hypercalcified Sponges). It is available at the Paleontological Institute web site: http://paleo.ku.edu. Members of the Paleontological Society, Palaeontological Association, and SEPM can access it for free directly through their respective member web page.

Now that all chapters of this part have been published online, the authors are busy making any necessary updates, and soon we hope to announce the availability of the volume in hard copy.

West, Ronald R., Jean Vacelet, Rachel A. Wood, Philippe Willenz, & Willard D. Hartman. 2013. Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 4A–B: Hypercalcified extant and fossil chaetetid-type and Post-Devonian stromatoporoid-type Demospongiae: Systematic descriptions. Treatise Online 58:1–95, 75 fig. $49.95

The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the publication of a major new article in Treatise Online. This one is from Part L (Mollusca), and concerns Jurassic ammonites. It is available at the Paleontological Institute web site: http://paleo.ku.edu. Members of the Paleontological Society, Palaeontological Association, and SEPM can access it for free directly through their respective member web page.

Howarth, Michael K. 2013. Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eodoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea. Treatise Online 57:1–139, 83 fig. $49.95

The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the publication of four new issues of Treatise Online. These are from Parts E (Hypercalcified Sponges) and M (Mollusca: Coleoidea). They are available at the Paleontological Institute web site: http://paleo.ku.edu. Members of the Paleontological Society, Palaeontological Association, and SEPM can access them for free directly through their respective member web page.

Donovan, D. T., & Dirk Fuchs. 2012. Part M, Chapter 14: History of higher classification of Coleoidea. Treatise Online 53:1–20, 2 fig. $15.95
 
Kruse, P. D., A. Yu. Zhuravlev, & F. Debrenne. 2012. Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 20A: Radiocyaths and potentially allied taxa. Treatise Online 54:1–11, 4 fig. $8.95
 
Zhuravlev, A. Yu., & P. D. Kruse. 2012. Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 20B: Cribricyaths and microfossils of uncertain affinity resembling cribricyaths. Treatise Online 55:1–11, 4 fig. $8.95
 
Debrenne, F., A. Yu. Zhuravlev, & P. D. Kruse. 2012. Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 20C: Archaeocyatha and Cribricyatha nomina nuda; Taxa not Archaeocyatha, Radiocyatha, or Cribricyatha. Treatise Online 56:1–4. $1.95

Best wishes for 2013!

The Paleontological Institute is delighted to announce the availability of three new issues of Treatise Online. These are from Parts E (Hypercalcified Sponges) and R (Arthropoda: Crustacea). They are available at the Paleontological Institute web site: http://paleo.ku.edu. Members of the Paleontological Society, Palaeontological Association, and SEPM can access them for free directly through their respective member web page.

Treatise Online no. 50–52

Debrenne, F., A. Yu. Zhuravlev, & P. D. Kruse. 2012. Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 19: Systematic descriptions: Archaeocyatha. Treatise Online 50:1–186, 134 fig.

Schweitzer, Carrie E., Rodney M. Feldmann, & Hiroaki Karasawa. 2012. Part R, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 8M: Systematic descriptions: Infraorder Brachyura, Section Dromiacea. Treatise Online 51:1–43, 24 fig.

Feldmann, Rodney M., Carrie E. Schweitzer, & Hiroaki Karasawa. 2012. Part R, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 8M: Systematic descriptions: Infraorder Brachyura, Section Homoloida. Treatise Online 52:1–12, 6 fig.

It is old news now, but I thought a link might be helpful

I have received a Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation to work in Germany for up to one year. At present I am in the Museum für Naturkunde doing research alongside my former research student and postdoc Jason Dunlop, who is head of the Chelicerata collections here. See a short press release here.

In the future, I shall spend another period of research in Germany to complete the 12 months.

It has been a long wait, but the second edition of the book on Fossil-Lagerstätten I wrote with John Nudds is now available in the bookshops or online, in both the UK and the USA. Follow this link: 

Selden, P. A. & Nudds, J. R. 2012. Evolution of fossil ecosystems. Second Edition. Manson, London. 288 pp.

... or get it as an eBook HERE.

The Paleontological Institute is delighted to announce the availability of two new issues of Treatise Online. These are from Parts E (Hypercalcified Sponges) and N (Mollusca: Bivalvia). They are available at the Paleontological Institute web site: http://paleo.ku.edu. Members of the Paleontological Society, Palaeontological Association, and SEPM can access them for free directly through their respective member web page.

Treatise Online no. 48–49

Carter, Joseph G., Peter J. Harries, Nikolaus Malchus, André F. Sartori, Laurie C. Anderson, Rüdiger Bieler, Arthur E. Bogan, Eugene V. Coan, John C. W. Cope, Simon M. Cragg, José R. García-March, Jørgen Hylleberg, Patricia Kelley, Karl Kleemann, Jiří Kříž, Christopher McRoberts, Paula M. Mikkelsen, John Pojeta, Jr., Ilya Tëmkin,  Thomas Yancey, and Alexandra Zieritz. 2012. Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 31: Illustrated Glossary of the Bivalvia. Treatise Online 48:1–209, 327 fig.
 
Vacelet, Jean. 2012. Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 4C: Hypercalcified Extant Calcarea. Treatise Online 49:1–15, 9 fig.

The Paleontological Institute is delighted to announce the availability of three new issues of Treatise Online. These are from Parts M (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) and N (Mollusca: Bivalvia). They are available at the Paleontological Institute web site: http://paleo.ku.edu. Members of the Paleontological Society, Palaeontological Association, and SEPM can access them for free directly through their respective member web page.

Treatise Online no. 45–47

Harper, Elizabeth M. 2012. Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 21: Cementing Bivalvia. Treatise Online 45:1 12, 5 fig., $7.95. 

Schöne, Bernd R., and Donna M. Surge. 2012. Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 14: Bivalve sclerochronology and geochemistry. Treatise Online 46:1 24, 8 fig., $16.95. 

Donovan, D. T. 2012. Part M, Chapter 18: Ammonites and Octopuses. Treatise Online 47:1 9, 3 fig., $7.95. 

The Paleontological Institute is pleased to announce the newest volume in the Paleontological Contributions series:

Walls, Bradley J., and Alycia L. Stigall. 2012. A field-based analysis of the accuracy of niche models applied to the fossil record. Paleontological Contributions 6:1–12, 3 fig., 4 tables, 3 appendices.