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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
Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record Sonia Ros, Ana Marquez-Aliaga, Susana E. Damborenea KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
A trigonotarbid arachnid from the Pennsylvanian Astrasado Formation of the Kinney Brick Quarry, New Mexico Jason A. Dunlop, Yinan Wang, Paul A. Selden, Paula Krautz KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
Fossil arthropods in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (northwestern France) Vincent Perrichot KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
Introduction to thematic volume “Fossil arthropods in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (northwestern France)” Vincent Perrichot, Didier Néraudeau KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
A fossil ray spider (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) in Cretaceous amber from Vendée, FranceDavid Penney KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
Diverse barklice (Psocodea) from Late Cretaceous Vendean amber Dany Azar, André Nel, Vincent Perrichot KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
An earwig in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Dermaptera) Michael S. Engel, Vincent Perrichot KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
A termite (Isoptera) in Late Cretaceous amber from Vendée, northwestern France Michael S. Engel KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
A new genus of dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae) in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber Vincent Perrichot, Romain Garrouste, Dany Azar, Didier Néraudeau, André Nel KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
Youngest occurrence of the genus Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): A new species in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber Vincent Perrichot, Michael S. Engel KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
New biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber Joanna Choufani, Vincent Perrichot, Dany Azar, André Nel KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
A new genus and species of pemphredonine wasp in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) Daniel J. Bennett, Vincent Perrichot, Michael S. Engel KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
The extinct wasp family Serphitidae in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera) Michael S. Engel, Vincent Perrichot KU Paleontological Contributions 2014
The correct taxon name, authorship, and publication date of extant ten-armed coleoids René Hoffmann KU Paleontological Contributions 2015
The paracladistic approach to phylogenetic taxonomy Joseph G. Carter, Cristian R. Altaba, Laurie Anderson, David Campbell, Zong-jie Fang, Peter Harries, Peter Skelton KU Paleontological Contributions 2015
A new rhizangiid genus from the Miocene of North America (Sclerangia n. gen.; Florida, USA) R. C. Baron-Szabo, S. D. Cairns KU Paleontological Contributions 2015
The first giant raptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Hell Creek Formation Robert A. DePalma, David A. Burnham, Larry D. Martin, Peter L. Larson, Robert T. Bakker KU Paleontological Contributions 2015
Takahashiceras – A new generic name proposed for Takahashia Matsumoto, 1984 René Hoffmann, Michael Howarth KU Paleontological Contributions 2015
Corrigendum to: The first giant raptor (Theropoda: Dromaeosauridae) from the Hell Creek Formation Robert A. DePalma, David A. Burnham, Larry D. Martin, Peter L. Larson, Robert T. Bakker KU Paleontological Contributions 2016
The Upper Oxfordian and Lower Kimmeridgian ammonite genera Idoceras Burckhardt, 1906, and Subnebrodites Spath, 1925 Raymond Énay, Michael Howarth KU Paleontological Contributions 2017