RE: paleonet Does this book merit being brought back into print?

["Andy Rindsberg" <arindsberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rosalie F. Maddocks wrote,
> A nomenclatural appendix [to 'Index Fossils of North America'] should be
added to bring the names up to date, as 
many of the species are now classified in different genera.  Some of the 
taxonomy hasn't aged well, so a revision would be even better.  Perhaps The 
Paleontological Society could coordinate this.

That would be a monumental task, and in the meantime the book would be
unavailable. Better just to reissue it 'as is' and set up a PS website to
post corrections. I'd be happy to update the trace fossil taxa.

Abbott's 'American Seashells' is a similar case. A few years ago, the
Conch-L (Conchologists of America) listserver posted long lists of updated
taxonomic names supplied by list members. The response was very quick -- you
could tell that several members had annotated their copies over a period of
years. 

Cheers,
Andrew K. Rindsberg

Geological Survey of Alabama
P.O. Box 869999
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999 USA