New Princeton Field Guides

[Takama]

Everyone's favorite Go to guide for dinosaurs(with wacky taxonomy) is getting a Second Edition

http://www.amazon.com/Princeton-Field-Guide-Dinosaurs-Second/dp/0691167664/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51f3Bnjo7GL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR248%2C320_&refRID=05KH8F2BSPWAJNKJHNGT

Also there is now going to be a Mammal one finally

http://www.amazon.com/Princeton-Field-Prehistoric-Mammals-Guides/dp/0691156824/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51p%2BF7aPxyL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR248%2C320_&refRID=16EJMDD4PS2JNHFXN3XY

[suspsy]

Very keen on both of these! Just hope they're available in store up here as opposed to online.

[DC]

I have the kindle version and I find it useful.  Like it any popular source you should cross check. He combines many animals that are typically considered different.  Paleontology goes through fads of splitting and combining. 

[Gwangi]

Oh jeeze, a 2nd edition ALREADY. I suppose there have been enough new genera discovered to warrant it. Still, I think I'll splurge for the mammal guide and get the dinosaur guide when we're on our 4th or 5th edition.

[PaleoMatt]

Will be picking up the dino one

[DinoLord]

Still, I think I'll spurge for the mammal guide and get the dinosaur guide when we're on our 4th or 5th edition.

I figure the same. The rate of groundbreaking discoveries these days is amazing. Amongst other things I think Utahraptor is due for some new information from hinted unpublished specimens.

[SBell]

I know I'll be bringing that mammal one into work (Nov 2016, when it is released!).

Although I am skeptical that all of mammal evolution--even for just the Cenozoic--can be comprehensively covered in under 300 pages. It probably won't be a full guide to all taxa, like the Dinos book.

At least Prothero has a proper illustrator for this book though--I'm curious to see what Mary Persis Williams' work looks like (her website is awkward...)

[tyrantqueen]

I couldn't care less about the mammal one, but I'm totally going to preorder the second edition. I have the first edition and it's one of my favourites.

[CityRaptor]

Gonna get the second edition.  Reminds me that I have not read my first edition, yet. ( lack of time and readind other books instead ).

Not interested in the mammal one.

[Tyrannosauron]

I kind of hope that every dinosaur species gets lumped into a single genus in the second edition. Life's short, you know?

[Gwangi]

I know I'll be bringing that mammal one into work (Nov 2016, when it is released!).

Although I am skeptical that all of mammal evolution--even for just the Cenozoic--can be comprehensively covered in under 300 pages. It probably won't be a full guide to all taxa, like the Dinos book.

At least Prothero has a proper illustrator for this book though--I'm curious to see what Mary Persis Williams' work looks like (her website is awkward...)

Looking at her blog right now and even though there is not a lot of it, her non-dinosaur stuff looks better than her dinosaur stuff. I gotta say, I'm not digging the cover illustration for the new book. I'll get it regardless, my prehistoric mammal collection is seriously lacking.

[Appalachiosaurus]

Holy Heck in a Handbasket, that came out of nowhere. I am certainly getting both of these.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

I remember reading the first edition cover-to-cover the year after it first came out. Both of these will probably end up on my already crowded shelf eventually.

[Doug Watson]

I was excited when I read the first post but less so once I saw the cover of the Mammal Book. I have been wanting a book like that for years but that cover art makes it look like a childrens' book. I looked at her site and I sure hope the Harlan's Ground Sloth isn't an example of what to expect. 3/4 views are useless for scaling. Why wouldn't they go with an artist like Mauricio Anton, his skeletals and his restorations are excellent. Or Mark Hallett who Prothero used to a small extent for his After the Dinosaurs. I'll get the Paul 2nd edition and I'll probably get the Mammal book as well due to the dearth of similar books.

[SBell]

I was excited when I read the first post but less so once I saw the cover of the Mammal Book. I have been wanting a book like that for years but that cover art makes it look like a childrens' book. I looked at her site and I sure hope the Harlan's Ground Sloth isn't an example of what to expect. 3/4 views are useless for scaling. Why wouldn't they go with an artist like Mauricio Anton, his skeletals and his restorations are excellent. Or Mark Hallett who Prothero used to a small extent for his After the Dinosaurs. I'll get the Paul 2nd edition and I'll probably get the Mammal book as well due to the dearth of similar books.

I had the exact same feeling--I treasure my Anton books (especially the one he signed) as the pinnacle of paleo mammal illustration.

Unfortunately, I have found that that many of Prothero's books on mammals have been quite lacking in the illustrations, often just re-using existing images (I'm assuming with permissions, etc). At least unique new illustration is a good step, but hopefully it is more realistic than that cover appears.

[FishFossil]

I agree with the general consensus here, and I'll probably grab the mammal guide. There is a distinct lack of good literature on the subject. Looking through Mary's work I think she'll do an ok job. Mammals are definitely her strong suit. Just as long as she's not doing any sauropterygians, YEESH.

[SpartanSquat]

Anybody have it the second edition? What changes has?

[postsaurischian]

Hurra! Guanlong wucaii finally is a species of its own and not "Monolophosaurus (=Guanlong) wucaii" anymore .
It is filed under Tyrannosauroids now - not Allosauroids anymore and it got a skeletal and fleshed out illustration.
That alone would have been reason enough for me to buy the 2nd edition of the Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs  , but there is a lot of other new stuff as well.

I love Paul's illustrations! Concavenator and Deinocheirus are answering my expectations .
He still uses his individual kind of taxonomy, but I've learned to read it and do not care.

The book is definitely worth the "re-buy"!

[triceratops83]

Gonna have to get this. Greg Paul's books are the quintessential staple for any dinosaur collection.

EDIT - Couldn't resist, just ordered a copy.

[suspsy]

The mammals guide is on my Xmas want list, although I share Doug's reservations about the artwork.