somebody asked about books on fossils, so I thought why not list my favorites and maybe get to discover something unknown on somebody else's book shelf.
Here are two of my favorites. The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years
by J. G. M. Hans Thewissen (Author) ,
and The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution
by Donald R. Prothero (Author). I enjoyed the writing style and learned a fair amount of how the science of paleobiology has developed and some of the amazing findings can be determined.