Title: Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 4, Issue
2
The editorial board and sponsors of Palaeontologia Electronica
are pleased to announce the release of Volume 4, Issue 2, which can be
accessed free of charge at:
http://palaeo-electronica.org/
The table of contents for PE4.2 is listed below.
Of particular interest in this issue are monograph-sized treatments of
fish-scale systematics and of deep-sea benthic foraminifer, both of
which push back the frontiers of scientific illustration and the
presentation of systematic paleontology in the electronic
medium. Add to this equally innovative articles
on fossil compaction analyses and on the origin of life, our regular
editorial 'The Iconoclast' by Jere Lipps, a raft of new book reviews,
and our regular summaries of the best of on-line paleontology, and we
think you'll agree that Palaeontologia Electronica 4.2
represents another milestone passed for paleontological
publishing.
Come see the future of paleontology (at a web browser near
you)!
Norm MacLeod
Executive Editor, Palaeontologia Electronica
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Palaeontologia Electronica
Volume 4, Issue 2
ISSN 1094-8074
Editor's Notes
Editorials
Into Focus:
Goodness and Understanding in Paleontology (PDF)
Jere H. Lipps
The Iconoclast:
Mars, Panspermia, and the Origin of Life: Where
Did It All Begin? (PDF)
Joseph L. Kirschvink and Benjamin P. Weiss
Our Readers Write to Us
Letters
Articles
Atlas of Common Squamatological (Fish Scale)
Material in Coastal British Columbia, and an Assessment of the Utility
of Various Scale Types in Paleofisheries Reconstruction
R. Timothy Patterson, Cynthia Wright, Alice S.
Chang, Leslie A. Taylor, Patrick D. Lyons, Audrey Dallimore, and Arun
Kumar
The Amount of the Taphonomic/Tectonic Compaction
in the Fluminimaggiore Formation (SW Sardina, Italy) with Discussion
of a New Paleontological Method for Estimating Compaction
Maurizio Gnoli
Re-Illustration and Revised Taxonomy for Selected
Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminifers
Ann E. Holbourn and Andrew S.
Henderson
PE NOTES: Within each article are links in the
contents column to material that may be of further use to specific
readers. There is a plain-language summary that is presented as text
and in an oral version. There are multiple versions of the abstract in
English, Français, Español, Italiano, and Deutsche. The English
abstract is also presented in an oral version. Acrobat PDF versions of
the articles are available (click on PDF beside the title) or from the
contents column within the individual articles.
Reviews
Technical Books
Dragon Hunter
Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions
Charles Gallenkamp
Reviewer: Gerald Grellet-Tinner
Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia
Edited by E.M. Harper, J.D. Taylor, and J.A. Crame
Reviewer: Neville Hudson
Evolutionary Patterns:
Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record
Edited by Jeremy B.C. Jackson, Scott Lidgard, and Frank K.
McKinney
Reviewer: Richard A. Reyment
Mountains of Madness
A Scientist's Odyssey in Antarctica
John Long
Foreword by Tim Bowden
Reviewer: Rodney M. Feldmann
Resources
Announcements:
International Training Course, University of Savoie in Chambéry,
France
Web Site Annotations
by P. Dave Polly
Paleontological and related web sites.
Paleontology newsletters and related electronic journals.
Teaching Resources
by P. Dave Polly
Sites for teachers and students in primary and secondary schools.
Contents
A list of items available in this issue available in Acrobat PDF
format for easier printing.
Suggested Form of Citation
How to cite articles, editorials, and book reviews appearing in this
issue.
Index of Palaeontologia Electronica Volumes
Alphabetical list of articles
Alphabetical list of authors
Nomenclature Statement
How Palaeontologia Electronica fulfills the requirements for the
publication of formal taxonomy.
Archive Information
Information regarding repository libraries.
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Copyright: Coquina Press
31 January 2002
http://palaeo-electronica.org
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Dr. Norman MacLeod
Executive Editor, Palaeontologia Electronica
Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
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(0)20-7942-5546 (Fax)
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