Free Online Paleontology (And Other) Books Courtesy John Hopkins University Press

[Oxytropidoceras]

John Hopkins University Press has made available online books 

for free for this period of cancelled or remote classes. Some 

paleontology books, of which each chapter can be downloaded 

free as a PDF are:

 

Birds of Stone: Chinese Avian Fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs

Luis M. Chiappe and Meng Qingjin, 2016

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/48019

 

The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution

Sankar Chatterjee, 2015

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/39108

 

Transylvanian Dinosaurs

David B. Weishampel and Coralia-Maria Jianu, 2011

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1874

 

The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution

Annalisa Berta, 2017

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/56360

 

The Rise of Reptiles: 320 Million Years of Evolution

Hans-Dieter Sues, 2019

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/67468

 

Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth

edited by Lars Werdelin, H. Gregory McDonald, and 

Christopher A. Shaw, 2018

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/58589

 

Other free books by John Hopkins University Press

can be found at:

https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=browse&limit=publisher_id:1

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[Fossildude19]

Thanks for the links, Paul! 

Excellent books!

[doushantuo]

Nice one,Paul

 

[Jaimin013]

6 hours ago, Oxytropidoceras said:

John Hopkins University Press has made available online books 

for free for this period of cancelled or remote classes. Some 

paleontology books, of which each chapter can be downloaded 

free as a PDF are:

 

Birds of Stone: Chinese Avian Fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs

Luis M. Chiappe and Meng Qingjin, 2016

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/48019

 

The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution

Sankar Chatterjee, 2015

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/39108

 

Transylvanian Dinosaurs

David B. Weishampel and Coralia-Maria Jianu, 2011

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1874

 

The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution

Annalisa Berta, 2017

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/56360

 

The Rise of Reptiles: 320 Million Years of Evolution

Hans-Dieter Sues, 2019

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/67468

 

Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth

edited by Lars Werdelin, H. Gregory McDonald, and 

Christopher A. Shaw, 2018

https://muse.jhu.edu/book/58589

 

Other free books by John Hopkins University Press

can be found at:

https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=browse&limit=publisher_id:1

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Thanks very much for this. This is awesome