Re: Reference Book

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 07:58 AM 3/3/98 -0800, you wrote:
>In the last few weeks there has been a discussion about what reference 
>books are absolutely necessary.  I recently purchased The Dinosaur 
>Society Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Don Lessem and Donald F. Glut, 1993 
>Random House, First Edition.  Are there any caveats I need to be aware of 
>when using this book?  TIA

Ummmm...

Opening it might be a bad idea.  Reading it somewhat worse...

As both Don's agree, it was a rush job.  The great trilogy of 1997 (Glut,
Padian & Currie, Farlow & Brett-Surman) far surpass anything in Glut &
Lessem in terms of content, accuracy, illustration, etc.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology              Email:th81@umail.umd.edu
University of Maryland        Phone:301-405-4084
College Park, MD  20742       Fax:  301-314-9661