Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea : one hundred million years of evolution / John Long [and others] ; reconstructions by Anne Musser.
"Ancestral koalas, carnivorous kangaroos, rhinoceros-sized Diprotodons, bizarre 'thingadontans', marsupial lions, primitive bats, toothed baleen whales: The Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution is a lavishly illustrated and comprehens...
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2002.
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| Summary: | "Ancestral koalas, carnivorous kangaroos, rhinoceros-sized Diprotodons, bizarre 'thingadontans', marsupial lions, primitive bats, toothed baleen whales: The Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution is a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive reference work on the extinct mammals of ancient Australia and New Guinea." "This book includes: each mammal described in detail; information on discovery, evolution and classification; appearance and behaviour reconstructed from fossil evidence; technical physiological data; extensive bibliography by Alexander Baynes; 60 superb colour reconstructions by Anne Musser; 160 colour photographs; detailed illustrations of skeletal features and tooth structures."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 244 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801872235 9780801872235 |