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That guy represents a height of 6 feet (1.83 m). This is from the book Prehistoric Life.
I quickly searched and found a book called Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth . It seems like this is the best one out there.
Introduction to Paleontology and the fossil record
You can download the .pdf somewhere in a torrent.
A lot of paleontology involves geology so don't forget that! You also want to have a good understanding of the evolution of species as well as the common physiological, morphological traits of the major orders, classes etc.
There are a few other books such as Fossils: A very short introduction which is a short easy to understand book if you have no background knowledge.
There are a bunch of textbooks that you can find online in .pdf format.
Possibly the greatest coffee table book ever would be this which is packed full of information, pictures, illustrations, 3D models on all of life from the very beginning of life (pre-cambrian) all the way to modern humans. It also includes the formation and early history of Earth.
In paleontology you would rarely find a complete fossil. You have to rely on the small pieces of the puzzle and try to figure out what the rest of the animal would look like based on clues given from modern animals. It's sort of like being given a book but 90 percent of the pages have been torn out and you must figure out what happened in the rest of the story based on the 10 percent of the book that is left.
I'm not an expert but this thread was empty and since for the past month I've become obsessed with natural history I figured I'd comment.
What level course is this? Undergrad or high school? Do you need to cite the primary scientific literature or are you allowed to use popular media sources? If the latter, go to your local bookstore or library and see if they have: http://www.amazon.com/Prehistoric-Life-Definitive-Visual-History/dp/0756655730/ It's not going to be sufficient for typical grad or advanced undergrad course citation requirements, but it should fit the bill for lower level courses.
If you need something online, you can try http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/history_of_the_earth/Paleocene
Both of these can also serve as spring boards for searching Google Scholar or Web of Science for actual scientific papers if you have more stringent source requirements.