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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
Treatise Online, no. 37: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 2F: Paleogeography and biostratigraphy of the hypercalcified chaetetid-type Porifera (Demospongiae)Ronald R. West Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online, no. 38: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 18: General features of the ArchaeocyathaF. DeBrenne, A. Yu Zhuravlev, P. D. Kruse Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 39: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 25: Early Triassic–Early Jurassic bivalve diversity dynamicsSonia Ros, Miquel De Renzi, Susana E. Damborenea, Ana Marquez-Aliaga Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 40: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 16A: Paleozoic StromatoporoideaColin W. Stearn, Barry D. Webby, Heldur Nestor, Carl W. Stock Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 41: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 16B: LabechiidaBarry D. Webby Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 42: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 16D: ActinostromatidaCarl W. Stock Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 43: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 16: Origin and early evolution of the BivalviaZong-jie Fang, Teresa M. Sanchez Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 44: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 22: Predation of bivalvesElizabeth Harper, Patricia Kelley Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 45: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 21: Cementing BivalviaElizabeth Harper Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 46: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 14: Bivalve sclerochronology and geochemistryBernd Schoene, Donna M. Surge Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 47: Part M, Chapter 18: Ammonites and OctopusesDesmond Donovan Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 48: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 31: Illustrated Glossary of the BivalviaJoseph G. Carter, Peter Harries, Nikolaus Malchus, André Sartori, Laurie Anderson, Rudiger Bieler, Arthur Bogan, Eugene Coan, John Cope, Simon Cragg, Jose Garcia-March, Jorgen Hylleberg, Patricia Kelley, Karl Kleemann, Jiri Kriz, Christopher McRoberts, Paula Mikkelsen, John Pojeta Jr, Peter Skelton, Ilya Temkin, Thomas Yancey, Alexandra Zieritz Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 49: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 4C: Hypercalcified Extant CalcareaJean Vacelet Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 50: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 19: Systematic descriptions: ArchaeocyathaF. DeBrenne, A. Yu Zhuravlev, P. D. Kruse Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 51: Part R, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 8M: Systematic descriptions: Infraorder Brachyura, Section DromiaceaCarrie E. Schweitzer, Rodney M. Feldmann, Hiroaki Karasawa Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 52: Part R, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 8N: Systematic descriptions: Infraorder Brachyura, Section HomoloidaRodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer, Hiroaki Karasawa Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 53: Part M, Chapter 14: History of higher classification of Coleoidea.Desmond Donovan, Dirk Fuchs Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 54: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 20A: Radiocyaths and potentially allied taxa.P. D. Kruse, A. Yu Zhuravlev, F. DeBrenne Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no. 55: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 20B: Cribricyaths and microfossils of uncertain affinity resembling cribricyathsA. Yu Zhuravlev, P. D. Kruse Treatise Online - Articles 2012
Treatise Online no.56: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 20C: Archaeocyatha and Cribricyatha nomina nuda; Taxa not Archaeocyatha, Radiocyatha, or Cribricyatha.F. DeBrenne, A. Yu Zhuravlev, P. D. Kruse Treatise Online - Articles 2012