| Description |
244 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Foreword / Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. -- The background story -- A brief history of fossil mammal discoveries -- Why Australian mammals are differnt -- Monotremes : wide legs and lay eggs -- Thingodontans : odd relics from Gondwana -- Marsupial moles : the ancient diggers -- Bandicoots and bilbies : long noses and broad appetites -- Koalas and kin : gummed tight to trees -- Wombats and kin : pouched in reverse and diverse -- Possums : hangers and gliders trained in the trees -- Kangaroos : hoppers, snippers and rippers -- Bats : winged and worldy wanderers -- Rats and mice : nimble gnawers from the north -- Marine mammals : sleek swimmers of the seas -- Weird things not so easily pidgeonholed -- Glossary of scientific terms -- Slected bibliography / Alexander Baynes -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is a comprehensive reference to the extinct mammals of Australia and New Guinea, including carnivorous kangaroos, the first koalas, huge Diprotodons, marsupial lions, ancient bats and rats, and marine mammals |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [223]-239 |
| Subject |
Animals, Fossil -- Australia.
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Mammals, Fossil -- Australia.
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Mammals, Fossil -- New Guinea.
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| Author |
Archer, Michael, 1945-
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Hand, Suzanne.
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Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
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| LC no. |
2003446694 |
| ISBN |
0868404357 |
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