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getting in contact with local museums, however small, that
may have collections and/or contacts. The fl owchart opposite
shows the main stages of most palaeontological investigations.

5.7 Further reading

Benton, M. J. 2004. Vertebrate Palaeontology (3rd edition), Wiley-
Blackwell, 472 pp.
Benton, M. J. and Harper, D. A. 2008. Paleobiology and the Fossil
Record . Wiley-Blackwell, 608 pp.
Bromley, R. G. 1990. Trace Fossils: Biology and Taphonomy , Unwin
Hyman, 280 pp. [A specialist text on trace fossils and how to
interpret them.]
Clarkson, E. N. K. 1998. Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution ,
Wiley-Blackwell, 468 pp. [A well respected and widely used
illustrated guide to identifying and interpreting invertebrate fossils.]
Cleal, C. J. and Thomas, B. A. 2009. Introduction to Plant Fossils ,
Cambridge University Press, 248 pp. [A practical introduction to the
study of plant fossils. It covers the features for identifying
commonly found plant fossils, illustrates details of their anatomy,
explains modern research techniques and suggests how best to
investigate them.]
Goldring, R. 1991. Fossils in the Field: Information Potential and
Analysis , Longman and John Wiley & Sons, 218 pp. [Useful and
practical introduction to fi eld palaeontology covering the main types
of body and trace fossils but also sampling and how to interpret
patterns of deposition.]
Green, O. R. 2001. A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field
Techniques in Palaeobiology , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 538 pp.
[An excellent comprehensive manual of modern techniques in
palaeobiology that takes you from fi eld sampling, through transport
to the laboratory, laboratory extraction methods and subsequent
analysis including photography and specialist techniques such as
electron microscopy.]
Jones, T. P. and Rowe, N. P. 1999. Fossil Plants and Spores: Modern
Techniques , The Geological Society of London, 396 pp.
Martin, R. E. 1999. Taphonomy: A Process Approach , Cambridge
University Press, 508 pp. [A detailed treatise on the processes of
fossil assemblage formation. It covers both animals and plants in
marine and terrestrial settings. It tackles not only processes of
transport, burial and diagenesis, it also covers time averaging,
stratigraphic completeness and the chemistry of preservation.]
Seilacher, A. 2007. Trace Fossil Analysis , Springer-Verlag, 226 pp.
[Comprehensive compilation of trace fossils based on Seilacher's life
time of research in this fi eld.]
Seldon, P. and Nudds, J. 2004. Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems ,
Manson, 160 pp.
Willis, K. J. and McElwain, J. C. 2002. The Evolution of Plants , Oxford
University Press, 378 pp.

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