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Date: | Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:01:38 -0700 |
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Hi everyone:
Over the weekend I got a sale catalog from MIT Press that listed a classic
fossil book that some people might be interested in at a great price:
#215 on their list:
"Index Fossils of North America" by Shrimer and Shrock. It is normally a
$95 book, on sale for $49.95!!!!
It is on invertebrates, has 302 plates, of which plates 144 to 249 are on
fossil mollusca (gastropods, pelecypods, scaphopods and cephalopods).
Molluscan fossils from the Tertiary period are about 30-35 plates. Anyone
with a general interest in fossils, this is a great book to get aquainted
with fossil invertebrates and at a great price. Typically, the book shows
one specimen from each major genus, gives a brief description of the genus,
the type species, some noteworthy species from North America and the
geologic range for the genus. Has a great index by genera and by species.
The sale ends June 30, 1998, their telephone number is 1-800-356-0343 or
1-617-625-8569. The code for the sale catalog is "8SALE 901". I don't
remember whether is was MIT Press or not, but I remember one book company
that gave a 800 number and a regular number. I hung on to the 800 number
for an eternity and never talked to anyone - too busy. When I dialed the
other number, got someone right away. The 800 number is worth a try. They
also say that you can order my email at: mitpress.mit.edu
Paul Drez
P.S. Realize that this book was published in 1943, and has been reprinted
a zillion times. So, if you are looking for a book to give you up-to-date
nomenclature this is NOT the book. But if you want a book that gives you
an idea of the incredible variety of fossils that occur in North America -
this is it!
P.P.S. Almost any college or large city library probably has a copy of
this if you want to take a look at it first.
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