Region 1-2: The Central Lowland and Interior Highlands Regions
State Fossils
General Books on the Fossil Record and Evolution
Allmon, W. D. 2009. Evolution & Creationism: A Very Short Guide. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, 128 pp.
Benton, M. J. 2008. The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 170 pp.
Fenton, C. L., & M. A. Fenton. 1958. The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life. Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 482 pp. (A well-illustrated classic.)
Fortey, R. A. 1998. Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 346 pp.
Knoll, A. H. 2003. Life On a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 277 pp.
Switek, B. 2010. Written In Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place In Nature. Bellevue Literary Press, New York, 320 pp.
Thomson, K. S. 2005. Fossils: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 147 pp.
Guides to Collecting and Identifying Fossils
Arduini, P., G. Teruzzi, & S. S. Horenstein. 1986. Simon & Schuster's Guide to Fossils. Simon and Schuster, New York, 317 pp.
Garcia, F. A., & D. S. Miller. 1998. Discovering Fossils: How To Find and Identify Remains of the Prehistoric Past. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 212 pp.
Lichter, G. 1993. Fossil Collector's Handbook: Finding, Identifying, Preparing, Displaying. Sterling Publishing Company, New York, 160 pp.
Macdonald, J. R. 1983. The Fossil Collector's Handbook: A Paleontology Field Guide. Prentice- Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 193 pp.
Murray, M. 1967. Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All Fifty States. Macmillan Company, Toronto, Canada, 348 pp.
Nudds, J. R., & P. A. Selden. 2008. Fossil Ecosystems of North America: A Guide to the Sites and their Extraordinary Biotas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 288 pp.
Parker, S. 1990. The Practical Paleontologist. A Step-By-Step Guide To Finding, Studying, and Interpreting Fossils. Simon and Schuster, New York, 159 pp.
Parker, S. 2007. Fossil Hunting: An Expert Guide to Finding and Identifying Fossils and Creating a Collection. Southwater, London, 96 pp.
Ransom, J. E. 1964. Fossils In America: Their Nature, Origin, Identification and Classification and a Range Guide To Collecting Sites. Harper and Row, New York, 402 pp.
Thompson, I. 1982. The Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Fossils. Knopf, New York, 846 pp.
Walker, C., D. Ward, & C. Keates. 2009. Fossils. Dorling Kindersley (Smithsonian Handbooks), New York, 320 pp.
Books and Articles on Fossils of Specific Areas
Akers, R. E., & T. J. Akers. 1997. Texas Cretaceous gastropods. Paleontology Section, Houston Gem and Mineral Society, Texas Paleontology Series, Publication 6, 340 pp.
Akers, R. E., & T. J. Akers. 2002. Texas Cretaceous bivalves 2. Paleontology Section, Houston Gem and Mineral Society, Texas Paleontology Series, Publication 7, 516 pp.
Bottjer, D. J. 2002. Smoky Hill Chalk: spectacular Cretaceous marine fauna. pp. 352 - 364, in: Exceptional Fossil Preservation. A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life, D. J. Bottjer, W. Etter, J. W. Hagadorn, & C. M. Tang (eds.), Columbia University Press, New York.
Brosius, L. 2006. Windows to the Past—A Guidebook to Common Invertebrate Fossils of Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey, Educational Series 16, 56 pp.
Everhart, M. J. 2005. Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 344 pp.
Finsley, C. 1999. Field Guide to Fossils of Texas. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, TX, 188 pp.
Gentile, R. J. 2015. Rocks and Fossils of the Central United States, with Special Emphasis on the Greater Kansas City Area, 2nd edition. University of Kansas, Department of Geology & Paleontological Institute, Special Publication 8, 221 p.
Jacobs, L. 1995. Lone Star Dinosaurs. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 160 pp.
Mckinzie, M., & J. McLeod. 2012. Pennsylvanian fossils of North Texas. Occasional Papers of the Dallas Paleontological Society, 6: 145 p.
Mehl, M. G. 1962. Missouri's Ice Age Animals. State of Missouri, Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources, Educational Series 1: 104 pp.
Unklesbay, A. G. 1955. The Common Fossils of Missouri. University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 98 pp.
Williams, R. B. 1975. Ancient Life Found in Kansas Rocks: An Introduction to Common Kansas Fossils. Kansas Geological Survey, Educational Series 1, 44 pp.
Websites on Fossils of Specific States
Kansas Fossils, Kansas Geological Survey.
Fossil Hunting in Louisiana Gravels, J. Schiebout & S. Robichaud, Louisiana State University.
The Virtual Petrified Wood Museum, Mike Viney. (Includes images from across the country, including Louisiana, e.g.)
Missouri Fossils, B. L. Stinchcomb, 1997, originally published in Rocks & Minerals, 72(6).
Common Fossils of Oklahoma, Sam Noble Museum.
Glen Rose Dinosaur Tracks, Texas Memorial Museum (video).
Guadalupe Mountains [Permian Reefs], National Park, Texas.
Permian Reefs and Carbonate Complexes, West Texas by Bruce Cornet.
The Pleistocene [Vertebrate] Fauna of South Texas, J. A. Baskin, Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Waco Mammoth Site.
Who Lived in Big Bend National Park?