Some useful books for Paleophilately collectors

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Most of the books listed below are in my library, already read by myself or are in my to read list. Some other are recommended to me by a good friends. As I read in Germany, I decided to include some interesting books in German language too.
If there any book related to Paleontology or Paleoanthropology topics that you think have to be added here, please not hesitate to contact me.



Philatelic catalogues

Michel "Dinos - whole world" catalog 2019, with Novelties up to MICHEL Rundschau 1/2019 have been catalogued in this edition The World of Prehistoric Fishes and their Reflection in Philately Nautilids and Ammonites worldwide - the world of Cephalopods and their reflection in Philately Trilobites worldwide - the world of trilobites and their reflection in Philately
Dinosaur and Prehistoric animal stamps catalogue.
Paperback (A5 format), 160pages, printed in 2019.

"The World of Prehistoric Fishes and their Reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Oliver Hampe. Published in 2018.
Preview of some pages is here.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Nautilids and Ammonites worldwide - the world of Cephalopods and their reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Christian Klug. Published in 2011.
Preview of some pages is here
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Trilobites worldwide - the world of trilobites and their reflection in Philately", by Hans Ulrich Ernst, Frank Rudolph. Published in 2002.
Preview of some pages is here
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Language: German
(an introduction to English speaking reader is here, symbols translation to Russian is here) 		Dr. med. Hans Ulrich Ernst, co-author of all 3 book, is an active member of German Mining and Geosciences philatelic club (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bergbau und Geowissenschaften), where he published many "Paleophilately" related articles, include updates to his books.
To date (2021), there are 9 updates of the Trilobites and 10 updates of Nautilids and Ammonites book. Members of the club, can get it for free as they get access to many old magazines where these list, as well as many other "Paleophilately" related articles were published. Most of it in German, but some are in English.



Some older books. It might be a bit outdated, but still interesting. Some used copies can be found on ebay or other online bookstores.

Domfil: Thematic stamp Catalogue: prehistoric Fauna & Fossils Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals on stamps - a worldwide catalogue Dinosaur stamps of the World Charles Darwin - His Life through Commemorative stamps, Barry Floyd, D S Media Resources, 2011 Den Dinosauriern auf der_ Spur
Domfil: Thematic stamp Catalogue: prehistoric Fauna & Fossils.
The last 25th edition issued in 2002.
Contain colorful images and numbers of Michel, Scott and Yvert & Tellier of all stamps issued to date of the issue.
Abbreviations and icons index provided in Spanish and English. 		"Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals on stamps - a worldwide catalogue", by Dr. Karl P.N. Shuker
Published in 2010. Contain some interesting articles.
Very few black-white images of the stamps. Stamp catalog numbers not included. 		"Dinosaur stamps of the World", by Stuart Baldwin and Beverly Halstead.
In 1991 it was possible to show all dinosaur stamps from around the world in a small book. The book contain many interesting stories about these stamps. 		"Charles Darwin - His Life through Commemorative stamps, Barry Floyd, D S Media Resources, 2011".
The book tells a story of great British naturalist Charles Darwin, illustrated with post stamps from around the world. All stamps of Charles Darwin issued to date of the book issue can be seen there. 		"Den Dinosauriern auf der Spur" (in German)
The book have only few images of dinosaur stamp and sticked (cannot be removed) CTO Mini-sheet of Germany 2008 inside.
It issued in conjunction with German dinosaur stamps in 2008. Can be very interesting to German readers as it has many information about different dinosaur species from around the world, as shown on example page.



Paleontology related books

The books are sorted by publication date, with the most recent first.


Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives: A 60 Million Year Journey The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs: Unearthing the Real Behaviors of Prehistoric Animals Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of the Spinosaurs BBC Walking With Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secret Stories of Prehistoric Life, Book Dinosaurs new vision of a lost world
"Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives: A 60 Million Year Journey", by Asier Larramendi and Marco P. Ferretti.
Coming in 2026 Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs: Unearthing the Real Behaviors of Prehistoric Animals", by Dean R. Lomax
Coming soon! Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of the Spinosaurs", by von David Hone and Mark Witton.
Coming soon! Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"BBC Walking With Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secret Stories of Prehistoric Life, Book", by von Andrew Cohen, Helen Thomas, Kirsty Wilson. Published in 2025. YouTube presentation.
Amazon: USA, UK (Blu-ray), DE. 		"Dinosaurs new vision of a lost world" (paperback), by Michael J. Benton. Published in 2025
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Ammonite Masterpieces Uncovering dinosaur behavior A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs Third Edition
"Ammonite Masterpieces", by Raimund Albersdörfer and Kristin Erdmann. Published in 2024.
Amazon: DE. 		"Uncovering dinosaur behaviour", by David Hone. Published in 2024
Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils", by Paul M. Barrett. Published in 2024
Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party", by Edward Dolnick. Published in 2024
Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs Third Edition", Gregory S. Paul. Published in 2024
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals, by Steve Brusatte Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs
"The Rise and Reign of the Mammals", by Steve Brusatte. Published in 2023.
YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide", by Michael J. Benton. Published in 2023.
YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology", by Ali Nabavizadeh and David B. Weishampel. Published in 2023
Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More", by Darren Naish. Published in 2023.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Ocean Life in the Time of Dinosaurs", by Nathalie Bardet, Alexandra Houssaye, Stphane Jouve and Peggy Vincent. Published in 2023.
YouTube presentation.
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Paleontology: An illustarted History Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Sauropods
"Paleontology: An illustarted History, by David Bainbridge. Published in 2022.
Brief preview on YouTube
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History", by David E. Fastovsky and David B. Weishampel, illustration John Sibbick. 4th edition coming in July 2021.
YouTube presentation.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World", by Michael J. Benton (Author), Bob Nicholls (Illustrator). Published in 2021.
YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils", by Dean R. Lomax and Robert Nicholls. Published in 2021.
YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Sauropods", by Rubén Molina-Pérez and Asier Larramendi. Published in 2020.
YouTube presentation.
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The Dinosaurs Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History The fossil woman a life of Mary Anning The World of Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Photographic Reference Book Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: The definitive visual guide to prehistoric animals
"The Dinosaurs Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History",by Michael J. Benton. Published in 2020.
YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"The fossil woman a life of Mary Anning", by Tom Sharpe. Published in 2020. YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"The World of Dinosaurs: The Ultimate Photographic Reference Book", by Mark A. Norell. Published in 2019.
YouTube presentation.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: The definitive visual guide to prehistoric animals". Published in 2019.
YouTube presentation.
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Dinosaurs-The Grand Tour, Second Edition: Everything Worth Knowing about Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution King of the Dinosaur Hunters: The Life of John Bell Hatcher and the Discoveries that Shaped Paleontology End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals Natural History Mini-Marks - Magnetic Bookmarks
"Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour, Second Edition: Everything Worth Knowing about Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops". by Keiron Pim. Published in 2019.
YouTube presentation.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution", by Donald R. Prothero. Published in 2018
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"King of the Dinosaur Hunters: The Life of John Bell Hatcher and the Discoveries that Shaped Paleontology", by Lowell Dingus. Published 2018.
YouTube presentation.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals", by Ross D E MacPhee. Published in 2018
YouTube presentation.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Magnetic Bookmarks":
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The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Theropods The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved
"The Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: The Theropods", by Rubén Molina-Pérez and Asier Larramendi. Published in 2018.
YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs", by Steve Brusatte (translated on many languages). Original book published in 2018.
YouTube presentation.
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USA, UK, DE. 		"The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs", by David Hone. Published in 2017.
YouTube presentation: [1], [2] (Q&A).
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USA, UK, DE. 		"Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved", by Darren Naish and Paul Barrett (translated on many languages). Original book published in 2016.
YouTube presentation.
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Evolution: The Human Story Discovering the Mammoth: A Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science Birds of Stone: Chinese Avian Fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs The Bare Bones: An Unconventional Evolutionary History of the Skeleton A history of Life in 100 fossils
"Evolution: The Human Story", by Alice Dr. Roberts. Published in 2018.
YouTube presentation.
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"Discovering the Mammoth: A Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science", by John J McKay. Published in 2017.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Birds of Stone: Chinese Avian Fossils from the Age of Dinosaurs", von Luis M. Chiappe, Meng Qingjin. Published 2016.
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"The Bare Bones: An Unconventional Evolutionary History of the Skeleton", by Matthew F. Bonnan. Published in 2016. Amazon: USA UK, DE "A history of life in 100 fossils", by Paul D. Taylor, Aaron O'Dea. Published in 2014 Amazon: USA UK, DE



Neanderthal man in search of lost genomes Dinosaurs by Decades Vertebrate Palaeontology Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy In pursuit of early Mammals
"Neanderthal man in search of lost genomes", by Svante Pääbo. Published in 2015
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"Dinosaurs by the Decades", by Randy Moore. Published in 2014.
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		"Vertebrate Palaeontology" (5th edition), by Michael J. Benton. Last time published in 2024
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2013.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"In pursuit of early mammals", by Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska. Published in 2013.
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PREHISTORIC LIFE: The Definitive Visual history of Life on Earth The complete Dinosaurs Written in Stone: The Hidden Secrets of Fossils and the Story of Life on Earth FOSSIL HUNTER Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age
"PREHISTORIC LIFE: The Definitive Visual history of Life on Earth", Published in 2012.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"The complete Dinosaurs", almost 60 authors who wrote different articles for this book. Editors Michael K. Brett-Surman and Thomas R. Holtz. Published in 2012, a bit dated but still interesting. Amazon: USA, UK, DE. "Written in Stone: The Hidden Secrets of Fossils and the Story of Life on Earth", by Brian Switek. Published in 2012. Amazon: USA, UK, DE. "FOSSIL HUNTER", by Shelley Emling. Published in 2011. Amazon: USA, UK, DE. "Mammoths: Giants of the Ice Age", by Adrian Lister and Paul Bahn. Published in 2015.
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Archaeopteryx the icon of evolution Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
"Archaeopteryx: the icon of evolution", by Peter Wellnhofer. Published in 2009
Amazon: USA, UK, DE (in German) 		"Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History", by Stephen Jay Gould. Published in 1990.
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Books of and about Charles Darwin

Darwin: The Man, his great voyage, and his Theory of Evolution On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection: Slip-Cased Edition Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution The Voyage of the Beagle
"Darwin: The Man, his great voyage, and his Theory of Evolution", by John Van Wyhe. Published in 2018.
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Free PDF files from Darwin-online website: "Charles Darwin: his life and work by Charles Frederick Holder, published in 1892" 		"On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection: Slip-Cased Edition"
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Free PDF files from Darwin-online website. 		"Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution", by Adrian Lister. Published in 2018.
Amazon: USA, GB, DE 		"The Voyage of the Beagle"
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Free PDF files from Darwin-online website.



Paleoart

Paleoart (also spelled palaeoart, paleo-art, or paleo art) is any original artistic work that attempts to depict prehistoric life according to scientific evidence. Many images from these books can be seen on the postage stamps.

Mesozoic Art II Mesozoic Art Dinosaur Art II Dinosaur Art I
"Mesozoic Art II: Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals in Art", by Steve White and Darren Naish. Coming soon!
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Mesozoic Art: Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals in Art", by Steve White and Darren Naish. Published in 2022.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaur Art II", by Steve White. Published in 2017.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Dinosaur Art I", by Steve White. Published in 2012.
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The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi Life through the ages Paleoart : Visions of the Prehistoric Past The Evolution of Paleontological Art Russian Paleoart: Pictures of the Earth's past
"The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi". Published in 2014.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Life through the ages II", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2020.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past", by Zoë Lescaze and Walton Ford. Published in 2017
Amazon: USA UK, DE 		The Evolution of Paleontological Art. Published in 2022.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		Russian Paleoart: "Pictures of the Earth's past". Published in 2015. It is worth to look on the images even if you cannot read the Russian text.



The Paleoartist's Handbook Recreating an Age of Reptiles
"The Paleoartist's Handbook", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2019.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Recreating an Age of Reptiles", by Mark P. Witton. Published in 2018.
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Paleontology books in German

Ammonite Masterpieces - DEUTSCHE AUSGABE Urwelten: Eine Reise durch die ausgestorbenen Ökosysteme der Erdgeschichte Die Neandertaler und wir: Meine Suche nach den Urzeit-Genen Die Urzeit: Die große Bild-Enzyklopädie mit über 2500 Farbfotografien und Grafiken
Ammonite Masterpieces - DEUTSCHE AUSGABE. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2024.
YouTube presentation.
Amazon: DE. 		Urwelten: Eine Reise durch die ausgestorbenen Ökosysteme der Erdgeschichte. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2022.
Amazon: USA, UK, DE. 		"Die Neandertaler und wir: Meine Suche nach den Urzeit-Genen, by Svante Pääbo. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2015
Amazon: USA, UK, DE 		"Die Urzeit: Die große Bild-Enzyklopädie mit über 2500 Farbfotografien und Grafiken. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2012
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Solnhofen - Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit Solnhofen - Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit Palaeontologie: 100 Jahre Palaeontologische Gesellschaft Archaeopteryx: Der Urvogel von Solnhofen
"Solnhofen - Ein Fenster in die Jurazeit". Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2015
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"Palaeontologie: 100 Jahre Palaeontologische Gesellschaft", von Thomas Martin, Wighart von Koenigswald, Gudrun Radtke, Jes Rust. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2012.
Amazon: USA UK DE 		"Archaeopteryx: Der Urvogel von Solnhofen", by Peter Wellnhofer. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2008
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Erdgeschichte Südostbayerns: Naturkunde- und Mammut-Museum Siegsdorf Das Mammut: Mit Zeichnungen von Shuhei Tamura Das Mammut: Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach) Die Neandertaler: Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen
"Erdgeschichte Südostbayerns: Naturkunde- und Mammut-Museum Siegsdorf", von Robert DARGA. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2016
Amazon: USA UK DE 		"Das Mammut", von Ernst Probst. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2014.
Amazon: USA UK DE 		"Das Mammut: Mammuthus primigenius ", W. E. Garutt. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2004.
Amazon: UK DE 		"Die Neandertaler: Auf dem Weg zum modernen Menschen", von Bärbel Auffermann und Jörg Orschiedt. Veröffentlicht im Jahr 2006.
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