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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
Efficient Ornamentation in Ordovician Anthaspidellid Sponges Stephen B. Church KU Paleontological Contributions 2017
Stevensites, Zittelites, and Gyrophylloceras, new generic names proposed for Stevensia Énay, 2009, Zittelia Tavera Benitez, 1985, and Gyrophyllites Wiedmann, 1963 (Mollusca: Ammonoidea) Raymond Énay, Michael Howarth KU Paleontological Contributions 2018
Ichnotaxonomy of the Cambrian Spence Shale Member of the Langston Formation, Wellsville Mountains, Northern Utah, USA Sean Robery Hammersburg, Stephen T. Hasiotis, Richard A. Robison KU Paleontological Contributions 2018
Eromangateuthis n. gen., a new genus for a late Albian gladius-bearing giant octobrachian (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea)Dirk Fuchs KU Paleontological Contributions 2019
Treatise Online, no. 1, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 1: Living hypercalcified spongesJean Vacelet, Philippe Willenz, Willard D. Hartman Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 2, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 5: A list of Upper Paleozoic–Mesozoic stromatoporoid-like genera; and excluded taxaColin W. Stearn, Carl W. Stock Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 3, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 6: Systematic descriptions of the class and order Uncertain: Family DisjectoporidaeColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 4, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 8: Glossary of terms applied to the hypercalcified PoriferaBarry D. Webby Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 5, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 9A: Paleozoic Stromatoporoidea: General introductionColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 6, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 9D: Microstructure and Mineralogy of Paleozoic StromatoporoideaColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 7, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 9E: Morphologic Affinities of the Paleozoic Stromatoporoidea to other fossil and Recent groupsColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 8, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 9F: Functional morphology of the Paleozoic stromatoporoid skeletonColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 9, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 11A: Diversity trends of the Paleozoic StromatoporoideaColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 10, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 11B: Extinction patterns of the Paleozoic StromatoporoideaColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 11, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 15A: Techniques of study: Collection, preparation, and analysis of the Paleozoic StromatoporoideaColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 12, Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 15B: Classification of the Paleozoic StromatoporoideaColin W. Stearn Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 13, Part M, Chapter 5: Reproduction and lifespanMarion Nixon Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 14, Part M, Chapter 6: Biogeography of Recent formsMarion Nixon Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 15, Part M, Chapter 15: Molecular systematics of the ColeoideaDavid Carlini Treatise Online - Articles 2011
Treatise Online, no. 16, Part T, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 19: Paleoecology of pelagic crinoidsHans Hess Treatise Online - Articles 2011