The Fossils of Iowa field guide is written primarily for amateurs in geological exploration and collecting. Robert Wolf provides a comprehensive coverage of more than 150 sites in Iowa and adjacent areas of Minnesota and Nebraska with the types of fossils that can be found and precise directions. Excellent illustrations by Carol Ann Ratcliff aide in identification. For an update in site conditions and geological names since the book was first published contact the author at midnightwriter@frontiernet.net.

Robert Charles Wolf is a self-taught geologist specializing in Paleozoic fossils of invertebrates, trace fossils, plant fossils, and vertebrates. He has been collecting for more than 40 years, a native of Iowa, and the author of Iowa’s State Parks. He is a newspaper correspondent and a freelance writer. Robert has donated collections of rocks and fossils to museums, schools, and colleges.