This book, published by the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, provides a detailed overview of the animal and plant fauna of the site known best as Muddy Creek (Nanjemoy Frm, Ypresian, Virginia). The scope and depth of this volume is only matched by the fauna itself. It is a true delight to see a Mid-Atlantic fauna so well documented. Most chapters are supplemented with excellent images and will serve the reader well beyond this site's confined time and location. The Muddy Creek fish were largely compared with their London Clay counterparts, I would have preferred to see the Moroccan fauna also included in this study.

The book is broken into 8 parts (159 pages.)
1.	Introduction, geology and paleogeographic setting - R. E. Weems & G. J. Grimsley
2.	Sharks from the Fisher/Sullivan site - B.W. Kent
3.	Rays from the Fisher/Sullivan site - B.W. Kent
4.	Actinopterygian fishes from the Fisher/Sullivan site - R. E. Weems
5.	Reptile remains from the Fisher/Sullivan site - R. E. Weems
6.	Early Eocene birds from Eastern North America: A faunule from the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia - S. L. Olsson
7.	Fossil Mammals from the early Eocene Fisher/Sullivan site - K. D. Rose
8.	Fossil fruit and seed flora from the early Eocene Fisher/Sullivan site - B. H. Tiffney

There are over two dozen plates and many additional photos & drawings. Well over 100 species of vertebrates are described.

Priced at $13.00 (VA residents 13.58), Publication 152 can be order directly from:

Division of Mineral Resources
PO Box 3667; Charlottesville, VA 22903
attn: Publication Sales Office
 
Make check payable to "Treasurer of Virginia" or call: 804-951-6341 and use a credit card.