1. Andrews, Henry N., Jr., Studies in Paleobotany (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1961). A good introductory textbook of paleobotany.
2. Eicher, Don L., Geologic Time (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968). Contains methods of estimating the age of rock strata, correlation of rock strata, naming of rock sections, paleogeographic maps, continental drift, and correlations by fossil zones.
3. Kummel, Bernhard, and David Raup, Handbook of Paleontological Techniques (San Francisco, Calif.: W. H. Freeman and Co., 1965). A compendium of techniques used in studying fossils.
4. McAlester, A. Lee., The History of Life (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968). A concise, highly readable account of the origin and diversification of animal groups throughout geologic time.
5. Schuchert, C. E., Atlas of Paleogeographic Maps of North America (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1955 ). Contains maps showing the distribution of land and water in Northern America through geologic time.