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THE NEW YORK
PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S
PRIMER

PRIMER Editor:  Erich Rose

Table of Contents for the Fossil Collecting Primer (1998/99 Edition).

  • Introduction
  • Fossils and the Science of Paleontology
  • Finding Collecting Sites
  • G.P.S. (Global Positioning System)
  • Getting Them Out of the Ground
  • Microfossils
  • Tools and Supplies
  • The Joy of Hammers
  • Collecting with Heavy Tools
  • Organizing Your Fossil Collection
  • Naming Your Fossils: Taxonomic Nomenclature
  • Chronologic and Stratigraphic Nomenclature
  • References

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