| Description |
292 pages : Maps, charts, tables ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Past in the present series |
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Past in the present series
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| Summary |
Ancient forms of animal life which have survived, even though other members of their class or order are extinct. Includes egg-laying mammals, marsupials, certain arthropods, flightless land-dwelling birds, primitive insects, and the coelacanth |
| Notes |
"Chapter 2: New Zealand relics, deals with tuatara and Chapter 6, Peripatus, worm-insect, illustrates New Zealand species"--Bagnall |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution.
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Extinction (Biology)
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Living fossils.
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| LC no. |
54011515 |
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