Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals Prothero Donald R.
Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals Prothero Donald R. After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Here…
Specifikacia Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals Prothero Donald R.
Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals Prothero Donald R.
After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Here is the ultimate illustrated field guide to the lost world of these weird and wonderful prehistoric creatures. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses.
But if one did, this would be the book to keep on your windowsill next to the binoculars. A woolly mammoth probably won't come thundering through your vegetable garden any time soon. It covers all the main groups of fossil mammals, discussing taxonomy and evolutionary history, and providing concise accounts of the better-known genera and species as well as an up-to-date family tree for each group.
No other book presents such a wealth of new information about these animals--what they looked like, how they behaved, and how they were interrelated. In addition, this unique guide is stunningly illustrated throughout with full-color reconstructions of these beasts--many never before depicted--along with photographs of amazing fossils from around the world.