Paleontology Fiction

In the caves beneath an Italian lake, the fossil of a creature older than the Earth has been disinterred. In the Judaean desert, a legendary parchment has been discovered. One reveals the secrets of heaven. One foretells an impending hell. And deciphering their message has been left to paleontologist Carter Cox - a man of science whose faith in the empirical is about to be shaken by forces of evil beyond imagining.

When radical paleontologist Ron Russel gets called to examine some special fossils in New Mexico, he stumbles onto, perhaps, the final evidence proving his theory. After years of academic ridicule, could these footprint fossils finally prove the existence of intelligent dinosaurs? If so, this could change everything we know about human history, its path, and its special place on earth’s evolutionary path. These findings could change the past, turn the present upside down, and open questions about the future. As Ron starts to dig deeper, evidence supporting his intelligent dinosaur theory ...

*Cotylorhynchus Rises* by Susan Smith Nash is a genre-blending young adult novel that explores the eerie convergence of prehistoric extinction and modern trauma at Hope Hall, an abandoned mental hospital in Norman, Oklahoma. Beneath the hospital’s red-brick Classical Revival façade lies the Hennessey shale, a fossil bed where entire herds of the ancient Cotylorhynchus romeri died during the Permian extinction. These ancient synapsids, combined with the building’s tragic history—including sterilizations, fires, and misunderstood neurodivergent children—generate a quantum ...

Blending fiction with fact, 50 Dinosaur Tales imagines the way 50 newly described dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous lived in their natural habitats. Also included is a list of fun facts for each dinosaur story and facts about 108 additional dinosaurs.

In the bustling world of paleontology in 1916, Eliza Mills defies societal expectations to pursue her passion. Having published her early groundbreaking papers under a false name, she has finally earned her place at the Carnegie Museum and seizes the opportunity to work at Dinosaur National Monument with a renowned paleontologist. But things in Jensen, Utah, aren’t what they appear. When Eliza gets the chance to dig up bones at a ranch with a dark history, it sparks a chain of events that will rock the very fabric of her carefully constructed world.

Nina LaCour meets Alyson Derrick in this cross-country journey of identity, love, and friendships as Zoe tries to figure out her life, one train stop at a time. Zoe’s life has gone off the rails. When she left Seattle to go to college in New York, she was determined to start fresh, to figure...

Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings. Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment.

A group of paleontologists go to a mysterious island in search of dinosaur fossils. The island is even rumored to have actual living dinosaurs, as well. Although the group is skeptical, they decide to make the island their next expedition. Not only are they surprised to find living dinosaurs on the remote island, they also discover something even more shocking.

Alisha Blake works her magic in the kitchen, creating delectable desserts for her grandfather’s restaurant in rural Illinois. Though Alisha relishes the close relationship she has with her family, she can’t help but dream about opening a cookie shop in Chicago. She may be a small-town baker, but Alisha has big ambitions. Then a dinosaur bone turns up in her grandparents’ backyard. When paleontologist Quentin Harris arrives to see the discovery for himself, he’s hoping that the fossil will distract him from a recent painful breakup. Instead, he finds Alisha - and sparks fly.