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All Paleontological Institute publications available here are Open Access with a CC-BY license. Search via keyword, author or title. 

Looking for printed Treatise Volumes for purchase? Find all previously published volumes, along with our two most recent publications, Part B, Prokaryota (Bacteria and Archaea), and Part V, Second Revision, Hemichordata (Graptolithina), on our Treatise Publication store webpage.  For additional information, please email us at paleo@ku.edu.

Previously Published Treatise Volumes

Part E, Porifera (Revised), vol. 4 & 5 (2015)

Part T, Echinodermata 2 (Revised), vol. 3 (2011)

Part L, Mollusca 4 (Revised), vol. 2 (2009)

Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised), vol. 6 (2007)

Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised), vol. 5 (2006)

Part B, Protista 1, vol. 1 (2005)

Part E, Porifera (Revised), vol. 3 (2004)

Part E, Porifera (Revised), vol. 2 (2003)

Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised), vol. 4 (2002)

Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised), vol. 2 & 3 (2000)

Part H, Brachiopoda (Revised), vol. 1 (1997)

Part O, Arthropoda 1 (Revised), vol. 1 (1997)

Part L, Mollusca 4 (Revised), vol. 4 (1996)

Part R, Arthropoda 4, vol. 3  (1992)

Part G, Bryozoa (Revised), vol. 1 (1983)

Part F, Coelenterata, Supplement 1, vol. 1 & 2 (1981)

Part W, Miscellanea, Supplement 2 (1981)

Part E, Archaeocyatha (Revised), vol. 1 (1972)

Part V, Graptolithina (Revised) (1970)

Part R, Arthropoda 4, vol. 1 & 2 (1969)

Part N, Mollusca 6, vol. 1 & 2 (1969)

Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1 & 2 (1966)

Part H, Brachiopoda, vol. 1 & 2 (1965)

Part C, Protista 2, vol. 1 & 2 (1964)

Part W, Miscellanea (1962)

Part Q, Arthropoda 3 (1961)

Treatise Online was first established in 2010 with the purpose of providing scholars and researchers early access to current sections of upcoming volumes of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. 

Paleontological Contributions is an online-only, open-access, rapid publication journal that currently contains papers and articles published from 1947 to the present. It is a monographic journal that has published on the taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossil remains both from Kansas and beyond, and by KU researchers and those from other institutions both within and outside the United States. We have also produced special publications that cover various topics including stratigraphy, fossil collecting, and the history of paleontology and geology at KU.

Paleontological Contributions supersedes the University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, new series, which consolidated into one format the three series that were published previously, Monographs, Articles, and Papers. All previous versions of Paleontological Contributions can be found on the University of Kansas ScholarWorks site.

TitleAuthor(s)Publication TypeYear of publication
Type Specimens of Athyridid Brachiopods from the James Hall Collection Fernando Alvarez, Covadonga Brime KU Paleontological Contributions 2000
Revised Biostratigraphy, Systematics, and Paleobiogeography of the Trilobites from the Middle Cambrian Nelson Limestone, Antarctica Bruce S. Lieberman KU Paleontological Contributions 2004
An examination of Plesiosauria (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Niobrara Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of central North America Glenn W. Storrs KU Paleontological Contributions 1999
Effects of nonnormality on studies of morphological variation of a Rhabdomesine bryozoan, Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) prisca (Gabb and Horn) Steven J. Hageman KU Paleontological Contributions 1993
Induced color in ostracode shells: an experimental study Mervin Kontrovitz, Nigel R. Ainsworth, Richard D. Burnett, Jerry M. Slack KU Paleontological Contributions 1992
Some New Genera of Paleozoic Calcareous Sponges Robert M. Finks KU Paleontological Contributions 1995
PaleoBank, A Relational Database for Invertebrate Paleontology: The Data Model Jill W. Krebs, Roger L. Kaesler, Elizabeth A.Brosius, Douglas L. Miller, Yi-Maw Chang KU Paleontological Contributions 1996
Paleoenvironmental significance of stromatolites in the Americus Limestone Member (Lower Permian, Midcontinent, USA) Larry E. Denver, Roger L. Kaesler KU Paleontological Contributions 1992
Phylogeny of Arenig to Caradoc crinoids (Phylum Echinodermata) and suprageneric classification of the Crinoidea William I. Ausich KU Paleontological Contributions 1998
Stratigraphic and Geographic Bryozoan Abundance Gradients in the Calcareous Shales of the Wreford Megacyclothem (Lower Permian, Kansas) Joseph F. Pachut, Roger J. Cuffey KU Paleontological Contributions 1999
Phylogeny and systematics of the ColeoideaP. Doyle, Desmond Donovan, Marion Nixon KU Paleontological Contributions 1994
SUPRASPECIFIC TAXA OF THE BIVALVIA FIRST NAMED, DESCRIBED, AND PUBLISHED IN CHINA (1927–2007) Zong-jie Fang, Jin-hua Chen, Chu-zhen, Jin-geng Sha, Xiu Lan, Shi-xuan Wen KU Paleontological Contributions 2009
NEW PARABLASTOIDS FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES James Sprinkle, Colin D. Sumrall KU Paleontological Contributions 2008
Long-Tailed Wasps (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae) from Cretaceous and Paleogene European amber Vincent Perrichot KU Paleontological Contributions 2009
Skull of the Eocene primate Omomys carteri from western North America Benjamin J. Burger KU Paleontological Contributions 2010
A new Cambrian arthropod, Emeraldella brutoni, from Utah Martin Stein, Stephen B. Church, Richard A. Robison KU Paleontological Contributions 2011
A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) Joseph G. Carter, Christian R. Altaba, Laurie Anderson, Rafael Araujo, Alexander S. Biakov, Arthur Bogan, David Campbell, Matthew Campbell, Jin-hua Chen, John Cope, Graciela Delvene, Henk H. Dijstra, Zong-jie Fang, Ronald N. Gardner, Vera A. Gavrilova, Irina A. Goncharova, Peter Harries, Joseph H. Hartman, Michael Hautmann, Walter R. Hoeh, Jorgen Hylleberg, Bao-yu Jiang, Paul Johnston, Lisa Kirkendale, Karl Kleemann, Jens Koppka, Jiri Kriz, Deusana Machado, Nikolaus Malchus, Ana Marquez-Aliaga, Jean-Pierre Masse, Christopher McRoberts, Peter U. Middlefart, Simon F. Mitchell, Lidiya A. Nevesskaja, Sacit Ozer, John Pojeta Jr, Inga V. Polubotko, Jose Maria Pons, Sergey Popov, Teresa M. Sanchez, André Sartori, Robert W. Scott, Irina I. Sey, Javier H. Signorelli, Vladimir V. Silantiev, Peter Skelton, Thomas Steuber, Bruce J. Waterhouse, Lynn G. Wingard, Thomas Yancey KU Paleontological Contributions 2011
Systematics, paleobiology, and taphonomy of some exceptionally preserved trilobites from Cambrian Lagerstätten of Utah Richard A. Robison, Loren E. Babcock KU Paleontological Contributions 2011
A field-based analysis of the accuracy of niche models applied to the fossil record Bradley J. Walls, Alycia L. Stigall KU Paleontological Contributions 2012
Extraction of inclusions from (sub)fossil resins, with description of a new species of stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in Quaternary Colombian copal David Penney, Caroline Wadsworth, David I. Green, Sandra L Kennedy, Richard F. Preziosi, Terence A. Brown KU Paleontological Contributions 2013