Paleo Field Guides

[Robert A Gastaldo <gastara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for posting to the NewsGroup in response to the request for Field 
Guide Info, but my off-line e-mail was kicked back.

The two following field guides work well for fossil plants:

Gillespie, W.A., Clendenning, J.A. and Pfefferkorn, H.W. 198? (I'm not 
sure if it has been updated from the mid-80's publication).  Plant 
Fossils of West Virginia.  West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey. 
Morgantown, W. Va. approx. 130p. I believe that it's about $8.

Tidwell, W.D. 1975. Common fossil plants of western North America.  
Brigham Yound University Press.  Provo. UT 197p. The copy I have was $7.95.

Good Luck.
++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++
Robert A. Gastaldo
Alumni Professor of Geology
Auburn University, AL 36849

"It was a time when everyone was chasing the bluebird of education.  
Those who did not get into the Aviation Institute took their documents to 
the Veterinary Institute.  Those who were refused at the 
Chemical-Technical Institutes became paleontologists."
                                                       A. Solzhenitsyn
                                                       The First Circle
++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++/\++++++++++