Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology is a compilation published by the Paleontological Institute of the University of Kansas in Lawrence (Kansas) on the systematic paleontology of invertebrates . The first volumes appeared in 1953 and it has been continued ever since. The first editor was Raymond C. Moore .

It used to be co-edited by the Geological Society of America , and since 2008 only by the Paleontological Institute.

In 1944, a committee of the Paleontological Society headed by Benjamin F. Howell decided to initiate a compendium of paleontology of invertebrates, which should succeed the first volume of the Textbook of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel and Charles R. Eastman from 1913. They approached Raymond C. Moore. Moore was able to win the SEPM (of which he was co-founder), the Paleontological Society and the Palaeontographical Society in London for the project. The classification should follow the textbook Invertebrate Fossils by Moore, CG Lalicker and AG Fischer published in 1952 . To keep costs down, Moore approached the Geological Society of America to help finance the printing and illustration.

The first volume in 1953 was about bryozoans (Part G). Originally Moore's Treatise was only planned to be three volumes and around three thousand pages, later it grew to over 50 volumes. While it was initially still possible for individual authors to write entire individual volumes, it was later teams of specialists. In the course of time, the system was completely revised and cladistic and phylogenetic approaches and those from genome analysis were incorporated.

The publisher was Moore first, who in 1964 handed over the editorial work to Curt Teichert , but was still significantly involved in the publication until his death in 1974. In contrast to the earlier ones, the bindings published by Teichert were not blue, but multicolored. In 1978 Richard A. Robison succeeded Teichert, in 1986 Roger L. Kaesler and from 2007 Paul A. Selden . The transition to digital output was completed under Kaesler.

In July 2012, the Treatise had grown to 51 volumes with 20,150 pages, written by over 300 scientists. 53 volumes were published in 2018, all of which (including those that are out of print) are available on CD or DVD.

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Many of the older volumes are out of print. The volumes are available on DVD or CD.

• Part A. Introduction: Fossilization ( Taphonomy ), Biogeography, & Biostratigraphy, xxiii + 569 pages, 169 figures, 1979. ISBN 0-8137-3001-5 . William A. Berggren , Arno Hermann Müller (Fossilization), Arthur Boucot , Martin Glaessner , Helmut Hölder , Bernhard Kummel , MR House, Valdar Jaanusson, EG Kauffman, Allison R. Palmer , Adolf Papp , AW Norris, CA Ross, JRP Ross, JA van Couvering. Out of stock.
• Part B. Protoctista / Protista 1, Volume 1: Charophyta , Sub-volume 1, 2005. Roger L. Kaesler (Ed.), Monique Feist (Coordinating Editor), ISBN 0-8137-3002-3 .
  • (Part B. Protoctista / Protista 1, Volume 2: Chrysomonadida , Coccolithophorida , Charophyta , Diatomacea & Pyrrhophyta --- in preparation)
• Part C. Protista / Protoctista 2, Volume 1, 2: Sarcodina , Chiefly " Thecamoebians " & Foraminiferida , xxxi + 900 p., 653 fig., 1964. In two volumes. RC Moore (Ed.). By Alfred R. Loeblich and Helen Tappan . ISBN 0-8137-3003-1 .
• Part D. Protista / Protoctista 3: Protozoa : Chiefly Radiolaria & Tintinnina , xii + 195 p., 92 fig., 1954. ISBN 0-8137-3004-X . By Arthur S. Campbell u (Radiolaria). a. Out of stock
• Part E. Archaeocyatha & Porifera , xviii + 122 p., 89 fig., 1955. Out of print.
  • Part E, Revised. Archaeocyatha, Volume 1, Ed. Curt Teichert, coordinating author Dorothy Hill , xxx + 158 p., 107 fig., 1972. ISBN 0-8137-3105-4 .
  • Part E, Revised. Porifera , Volume 2: Classes Demospongea , Lyssacinosa & Hexactinellida , xxvii + 349 p., 135 fig., 10 tables. 2003. ISBN 0-8137-3130-5 .
  • Part E, Revised. Porifera, Volume 3: Classes Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida & Calcarea , ed. RL Kaesler, coordinating author J. Keith Rigby , other authors REH Reid, RM Finks, xxxi + 872 p., 506 fig., 1 table, 2004. ISBN 0-8137-3131-3 .
    • Part E, Revised. Porifera, Volume 4 & 5, Hypercalcified Porifera (chiefly Stromatoporoids, Chaetetids, and Archaeocyathids), eds. Barry D. Webby, by Francoise Debrenne, Willard D. Hartman, S. Kershaw, Pierre D. Kruse, Heldur Nestor, J. Keith Rigby, Baba Senowbari-Daryan, Colin W. Stearn, Carl W. Stock, J. Vacelet, Ronald R. West, Philippe Willenz, Rachel A. Wood, and A. Yu. Zhuravlev, 1223 p., 2015, ISBN 978-0-9903621-2-8
• Part F. Coelenterata / Cnidaria , xvii + 498 p., 358 fig., 1956. Out of print
  • Part F. Coelenterata / Cnidaria, Supplement 1, Vol. 1,2: Rugosa & Tabulata corals, ed. C. Teichert, coordinating author Dorothy Hill, xl + 762 p., 462 fig., 1981. ISBN 0-8137-3029 -5 .
    • (Part F, Revised. Cnidaria / Coelenterata, Vol. 3: Scleractinia --- in preparation)
• Part G. Bryozoa , xii + 253 p., 175 fig., 1953. By Ray S. Bassler . Out of stock.
  • Part G, Revised. Bryozoa, Volume 1: Introduction, Order Cystoporata & Order Cryptostomata , ed. RA Robison, xxvi + 625 p., 295 fig., 1983. ISBN 0-8137-3107-0 .
    • (Part G, Revised. Bryozoa, Vol. 2 Fenestrata and Trepostomata, Vol. 3 Cheilostomata in preparation)
• Part H. Brachiopoda , xxxii + 927 p., 746 fig., 1965. Out of print. One of the authors was Alwyn Williams , who also coordinated the new edition: publisher RL Kaesler
  • Part H, Revised. Brachiopoda, Volume 1: Introduction, xx + 539 p., 417 fig., 40 tables, 1997. ISBN 0-8137-3108-9 .
  • Part H, Revised. Brachiopoda, Volumes 2 and 3: Sub-phyla Linguliformea , Craniiformea , & Rhynchonelliformea (1st part: Classes Chileta , Obolellata , Kutorginata , Strophomenta & Rhynochonellata ), Alwyn Williams (coordinating author), ed. RL Kaesler, xxx + 919 p., 616 fig., 17 tables, 2000. ISBN 0-8137-3108-9
  • Part H, Revised. Brachiopoda, Volume 4: Sub-phylum Rhynchonelliformea ​​(2nd part: Orders Pentamerida , Rhynchonellida , Atrypida & Athrydida ), Alwyn Williams (coordinating author), ed. RL Kaesler, xxxix + 768 pp., 484 fig., 3 tables, 2002 / 2005. ISBN 0-8137-3108-9
  • Part H, Revised. Brachiopoda, Volume 5: Sub-phylum Rhynchonelliformea ​​(3rd part: Orders Spiriferida , Spiriferinida , Thecideida , Terebratulida & Uncertain), Alwyn Williams (coordinating author), ed. RL Kaesler. 2006. ISBN 0-8137-3135-6 .
  • Part H. Revised. Brachiopoda, Volume 6: Supplement. Alwyn Williams (coordinating author), Ed. Paul A. Selden. 956pp, 461 fig., 2007. ISBN 0-8137-3136-4
• Part I. Mollusca 1: Mollusca General Features, Scaphopoda , Amphineura , Monoplacophora , Gastropoda General Features, Archaeogastropoda , Mainly Paleozoic Caenogastropoda and Opisthobranchia , xxiii + 351 p., 216 fig., 1960. By James Brookes Knight , LR Cox, A. Myra Keen, AG Smith, RL Batten, Ellis Yochelson , NH Ludbrook, Robert Robertson, CM Yonge, RC Moore
• ( Part J , Mollusca 2: Paleozoic Gastropoda --- in preparation)
• Part K. Mollusca 3: Cephalopoda General Features, Endoceratoidea , Actinoceratoidea , Nautiloidea , & Bactritoidea , xxviii + 519 p., 361 fig., 1964. ISBN 0-8137-3011-2 .
  • (Part K, Revised. Mollusca 3: Nautiloidea --- volumes in preparation)
• Part L. Mollusca 4: Ammonoidea , xxii + 490 p., 558 fig., 1957. Out of print. By WJ Arkell , Bernhard Kummel , Claud W. Wright
  • Part L, Revised. Mollusca 4, Vol. 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea, xx + 362 p., 216 fig., 1995/1996. By CW Wright , John H. Callomon , Michael K. Howarth . Ed. RL Kaesler. ISBN 0-8137-3112-7 .
  • Part L, Revised. Mollusca 4, Vol. 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea, 2009, Ed. Paul A. Selden
    • Part L, Revised. Mollusca 4: in preparation are Vol. 1 (Ammonoidea, Introduction), 3 (Triassic and Jurassic Ammonoidea)
• Part M. Mollusca 5: Coleoidea --- in preparation
• Part N. Mollusca 6: Bivalvia , Vol. 1 and 2 (of 3), xxxvii + 952 p., 613 fig., 1969. ISBN 0-8137-3014-7 . By Norman D. Newell , LR Cox, DW Boyd, CC Branson, R. Casey, A. Chavan, AH Coogan, C. Dechaseaux, CA Fleming, F. Haas, LG Hertlein, EG Kauffman, A. Myra Keen, A. LaRocque, AL McAlester, RC Moore, CP Nuttall, BF Perkins, HS Puri, LA Smith, T. Soot-Ryen, HB Stenzel, ER Trueman, RD Turner, J. Wei. Out of stock.
  • Part N. Mollusca 6: Bivalvia, Vol. 3: Oysters , by HB Stenzel, ed. RC Moore, Curt Teichert, iv + 272 p., 153 fig., 1971. ISBN 0-8137-3026-0 .
• Part O. Arthropoda 1: Arthropoda General Features, Protarthropoda , Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha , xix + 560 p., 415 fig., 1959. Edited by Raymond C. Moore. Out of stock.
  • Part O, Revised. Arthropoda 1: Trilobita : Introduction, Order Agnostida & Order Redlichiida , xxiv + 530 p., 309 fig., 1997. By Harry Blackmore Whittington (coordinating author), edited by RL Kaesler. ISBN 0-8137-3115-1 .
    • (Part O, Revised. Arthropoda 1: Trilobita --- Volumes 2,3 in preparation)
• Part P. Arthropoda 2: Chelicerata , with sections on Pycnogonida & Palaeoisopus , xvii + 181 p., 123 fig., 1955/1956 . ISBN 0-8137-3016-3 . By Alexander Petrunkevitch . Edited by RC Moore
• Part Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea & Ostracoda , ed. RC Moore, xxiii + 442 p., 334 fig., 1961. ISBN 0-8137-3017-1 .
  • (Part Q, Revised. Arthropoda 3 - Ostracoda, in preparation)
• Part R. Arthropoda 4, Volumes 1 and 2: Crustacea (exclusive of Ostracoda), Myriapoda , & Hexapoda, xxxvi + 651 p., 397 fig., 1969. Out of print
• Part R. Arthropoda 4, Volumes 3 and 4 (in one volume): Hexapoda , xxii + 655 p., 265 fig., 1992. By Frank M. Carpenter , editor RL Kaesler
  • (Part R, Revised. Arthropoda 4 --- in preparation)
• Part S. Echinodermata 1: Echinodermata General Features, Homalozoa , Crinozoa (exclusive of Crinoidea), Volumes 1 and 2, xxx + 650 p., 400 fig., 1967/1968. Out of print.
• Part T. Echinodermata 2: Crinoidea , Volumes 1 to 3, xxxviii + 1,027 p., 619 fig., 1978. Out of print.
• Part T. Echinodermata 2: Crinoidea & Fascicle, References & Index to Volumes 1 to 3, i + 90 p., 1978.
  • (Part T, Revised. Echinodermata 2: Crinoidea --- Volume 3 published 2011, Volume 1,2 in preparation)
• Part U. Echinodermata 3: Asterozoans & Echinozoans , ed. RC Moore, xxx + 695 p., 534 fig., 1966. ISBN 0-8137-3022-8 .
• Part V. Graptolithina , xvii + 101 p., 72 fig., 1955. Out of print.
  • Part V, Revised. Graptolithina: with sections on Enteropneusta & Pterobranchia , eds. RC Moore, Curt Teichert, coordinating author OMB Bulman, xxxii + 163 p., 109 fig., 1970 / 1971. ISBN 0-8137-3123-2 .
  • New edition in preparation
• Part W. Miscellanea: Conodonts , Conoidal shells of uncertain affinities, Worms, Trace Fossils , & Problemata, xxv + 259 p., 153 fig., 1962. RC Moore (Ed.), ISBN 0-8137-3024-4 . Walter Häntzschel (Trace fossils and problemata) a. a.
  • Part W, Revised. Miscellanea, Supplement 1: Trace Fossils and problematica, xxi + 269 p., 110 fig., 1975. Out of print
    • (Part W, Revised. Trace Fossils --- in preparation)
  • Part W, Revised. Miscellanea, Supplement 2: Conodonta , ed. RA Robison, xxviii + 202 p., Frontis., 122 fig., 1981. ISBN 0-8137-3028-7 .

Web links

• Homepage , University of Kansas

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul A. Selden: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. A Work in Progress , Palaios, 27, 2012, pp. 439-442.
2. ↑ Homepage of the project ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of August 2013 
3. ↑ Homepage, Brachiopoden Volumes