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Not satire but literature with a paleontologist as the main character:

Robert J. Sawyer's CALCULATING GOD (genre: Science Fiction)
A paleontologist at the Royal Ontario Museum discovers that the "big five" 
extinction events have also taken place on two other alien worlds about the 
same time as they took place on Earth.  The aliens interpret this as proof 
of the existence of god.  However, their god appears to be quite different 
from the one envisioned by the religions on Earth...WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD

Bernhard Kegel's DAS OELSCHIEFERSKELETT (genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy)
A paleontologist discovers a modern human skeleton encased in the Eocene 
Messel Oilshale.  To make things worse, the skeleton is wearing a modern 
wrist watch!  What follows is an amazing time-travel adventure through 
academic minefields complete with heroic graduate students (yeah!), 
academic villains, and a beautifully rendered Eocene world.  Forget 
Jurassic Park - this is The World That Time Forgot for grown ups.  ONLY 
AVAILABLE IN GERMAN.

Just remember...this is science fiction.  If you are looking for 100% 
scientific accuracy - don't bother.

Both of these are available through amazon.com or amazon.de

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Alexander Glass
Paleobiology of ophiuroids, asteroids, and crinoids

Ph. D. Candidate
Department of Geology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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