Prehistoric giants : the megafauna of Australia
Clode, Danielle2009
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Step back to a time when giant goannas and marsupial lions stalked the Australian bush. Imagine herds of two-tonne Diprotodon roaming the plains, and flocks of flightless ducks bigger than emus striding across the shallow inland sea
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Prehistoric giants : the megafauna of Australia / by Danielle Clode
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Imprint:
Carlton Museum Victoria 2009
Collation:
72 p. colour illustraions maps
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Contents:
Step back in time - Welcome to the Pleistocene - What are megafauna? - Australian megafauna - Pleistocene fossil sites - What do the fossils reveal? -- The megafauna: Marsupial meat-eaters: Thylacoleo - Thylacine - Giant rat-kangaroo -- Cold-blooded killers: Giant goanna - Crocodiles - Snakes - Tortoises -- The big birds: Mihirung - Giant malleefowl - Giant coucal -- Australian rhinos, hippos and tapirs?: Diprotodon - Zygomaturus - Palorchestes -- Monstrous monotremes, wombats and koalas: Echidnas - Wombats - Koalas -- Men of the forests and plains: Short-faced kangaroos - The extinct macropods - Modern kangaroos -- Extinction
ISBN:
9780980381320 (pbk)
Dewey class:
560.1792 PRE
Local class:
560.1792
Language:
English
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BRN:
93523
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