Books
Beginner References/Books
Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Dr. Thomas R. Holtz Jr.
A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and Other Winged Dinosaurs, Matthew P. Martyniuk
National Geographic Dinosaurs, Paul Barrett, Kevin Padian
The Great Dinosaur Discoveries, Darren Naish
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, Gregory S. Paul
The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals, Donald R. Prothero
The Story of Life in 25 Fossils, Donald R. Prothero
Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew, John Pickrell, Currie
When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked the Earth: A Cartoon Prehistory of Life before Dinosaurs, Hannah Bonner
Advanced Reading/Reference Books
Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods Advancing Methods, Analysis and Interpretation, Kevin Padian
Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology, Donald R. Prothero
Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California, Richard P. Hilton
Discovering Fossil Fishes, John G. Maisey
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters, Donald R. Prothero
Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds, John Long, Peter Schouten
The Armored Dinosaurs, Biology of Sauropods, The Horned Dinosaurs, The Carnivorous Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Hadrosaurs, Horns and Beaks, http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/
Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record, Michael Benton
Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, Luis M. Chiappe and Lawrence M. Witmer
Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy, Mark P. Witton
The Complete Dinosaur (Life of the Past), Michael K. Brett-Surman, Thomas R. Holtz Jr.
The Dinosauria, David B. Weishampel
The Evolution of Artiodactyls, Donald R. Prothero, Scott Foss
The Rise of Fishes, John Long
Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years, J.G.M “Hans” Thewissen
Novel-style Books
Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, Kirk Johnson, Ray Troll
Dinosaur Lives, Jack Horner
Digging Dinosaurs, Jack Horner
Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, Mark Norell
Dinosaurs Without Bones: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by their Trace Fossils, Anthony J. Martin
Fossil Legends of the First Americans, Adrienne Mayor
Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds, Luis M. Chiappe
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind, Richard Fortey
How to Build a Dinosaur, Jack Horner
Hunting Dinosaurs, Louie Psihoyos
My Beloved Brontosaurus, Brian Switek
Oceans of Kansas, Mike Everhart
The Complete T.rex, Jack Horner
The Dinosaur Heresies, Robert Bakker
Trilobite!: Eyewitness to Evolution, Richard Fortey
Tyrannosaurus rex, the Tyrant King (Life of the Past), Peter L. Larson
Quest for the African Dinosaurs, Louise Jacobs
Walking on Eggs: The Astonishing Discovery of Thousands of Dinosaur Eggs in the Badlands of Patagonia, Luis Chiappe and Lowell Dingus
Wonderful Life, Stephen Jay Gould
Your Inner Fish: A Journey of 3.5-Billion-Year-History of the Human Body, Neil Shubin
Paleoart Books
All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Reptiles, John Conway
Charles R. Knight: The Artist Who Saw Through Time, Richard Milner, Rhoda Knight Kalt
Dinosaur Art: World’s Greatest Paleoart, Steve White
Life Before Man, Z. V. Spinar, Zdenek Burian
Planet Ocean: A Story of Life, the Sea, and Dancing to the Fossil Record, Ray Troll, Bradford Matsen
The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi, Julius Csotonyi
History of Paleontology Books
Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus rex, Lowell Dingus and Mark Norell
Men and Dinosaurs, Edwin Colbert
Scenes From Deep Time: Early Pictorial Representations of the Prehistoric World, Martin Rudwick
The Dinosaur Hunters: The Extraordinary Story of the Men and Women Who Discovered Prehistoric Life, Lowell Dingus and Mark Norell
The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times, Adrienne Mayor
The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science, Mark Jaffe
The Meaning of Fossils: Episodes in the History of Paleontology, Martin Rudwick
Extinction Books
Mass Extinctions and their Aftermath, Anthony Hallam, Peter Wignall
Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology, James Lawrence Powell
T.rex and the Crater of Doom, Walter Alvarez and Carl Zimmer
The Day the Mesozoic Died (VIDEO in Dino Information Binder): Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Mistaken Extinction, Lowell Dingus and Timothy Rowe
The Nemesis Affair: A Story of the Death of Dinosaurs and the Ways of Science, David Raup
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time, Michael Benton
Digital and Social Media
Podcasts
Past Time: http://www.pasttime.org
Palaeocast: http://www.palaeocast.com/
Palaeo After Dark: http://palaeoafterdark.libsyn.com/
Sauropodcast: Science Out Loud (Cleveland Museum of Nat. Hist): https://www.cmnh.org/sauropodcast
Science Friday: http://www.sciencefriday.com/
Tetrapod Zoology: http://www.tetzoo.com
Blogs
Archosaur Musings: http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/
DrNeurosaurus News Blog for Kids: http://www.drneurosaurus.com
Emily Willoughby’s Blog: http://willoughbyart.blogspot.com/
Luis V. Rey Blog: https://luisvrey.wordpress.com/
Mark Witton’s Blog: http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/
Mauricio Anton’s Blog: https://mauricioanton.wordpress.com/
Musings of a Clumsy Paleontologist by Liz Martin-Silverstone: http://gimpasaura.blogspot.com/
Lisa Buckley’s Blog: http://birdsinmud.blogspot.com/
Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: https://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/
Phenomena: Laelaps: by Brian Switek: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/blog/laelaps/
PLOS Paleo Community: http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/
Tetrapod Zoology: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/
The Coastal Paleontologist: (for marine mammal paleontology): http://coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week: (SV-POW): http://www.svpow.com
UCMP Blog: (UC Berkeley): http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/blog/
Video Series
Shelf Life: The American Museum of Natural History
Specimen Spotlight: Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Curiosity Show: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
K-12 Educational Websites and Curriculum
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: ALL educational resources are FREE—FREE to order and FREE shipping. Video topics include (but not limited to) evolution, genetics, biology and fossils!
Paleontological Research Institute’s Teacher Friendly Guide to Geology
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
The Virtual Paleobotany Lab (UC Berkeley)
Maps
The Paleogeographic Atlas Project
Online Collections Databases
Florida Museum of Natural History
3D/ Virtual Resources
3D Fossil Scans
MorphoSource (Duke University)
Iowa State University Geo Fab Lab
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~franek/homepage.html
AR for Accessibility in Classrooms
Geological Augmented Reality
Natalie Bursztyn’s AR Grand Canyon and Geology Resources
Augmented Reality Sandbox (UC Davis)
Open Access Journals
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Journal of Paleontological Techniques
Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard U)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Smithsonian Contributions to Paleontology
University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Public Excavation Sites/Museums
Public Paleontology Field Courses/Experiences
Arlington Archosaur Site (Arlington, TX): http://www.arlingtonarchosaursite.com/
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: https://www.childrensmuseum.org/content/dinosaur-digs-families-and-adults
Museum of Western Colorado: https://museumofwesternco.com/things-to-do/
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre: http://discoverfossils.com/