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Prehistoric Australasia
Visions of Evolution and Extinction
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Discover some of the most extraordinary prehistoric creatures the world has ever seen.
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For most of the past 300 million years, the world's continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to evolve in ways not seen anywhere else on Earth, with tree-climbing crocodiles, gigantic venomous lizards, walking omnivorous bats and flesh-eating kangaroos roaming the continent.
Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction presents some of the most extraordinary creatures the world has ever seen— all unique to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and their surrounding islands.
Over 100 meticulously painted panoramas by palaeoartist Peter Schouten are accompanied by descriptions of the unique environments and features of these animals, written by four of Australia's foremost palaeontologists. This book explores the nature and timing of extinction events in the Southern Hemisphere, considers whether some of these losses might be able to be reversed, and how we can use the fossil record to help save today's critically endangered species.
Through stunning artwork and fascinating text, Prehistoric Australasia brings this globally unique transformation over time to glorious, colourful life.
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Prehistoric Australasia vividly brings more than 500 million years of evolution across the continent to life, beautifully illustrated by the palaeo artist Peter Schouten. Cosmos praises the artwork's ability to illuminate this extensive evolutionary history.
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ISBN: 9780643108059
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 April 2023
Country: Australia
Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
Illustration: 110 colour illustrations, 27 maps
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Peter Schouten
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 200.0mm
Height: 260.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 1459
About the Author
Michael Archer, Professor at UNSW Sydney, is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Member of the Order of Australia and a recipient of the Romer-Simpson Medal of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Suzanne J. Hand, Emeritus Professor at UNSW Sydney, has described more than 125 new fossil taxa. She is a Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and the Royal Society of New South Wales.
John Long is Strategic Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University, and the author of many scientific publications as well as popular and scientific books.
Trevor H. Worthy, Associate Professor at Flinders University, is a global authority on fossil birds, and an Elected Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union.
Peter Schouten is a wildlife illustrator and palaeoartist who has co-authored or illustrated many popular and scientific books over the past 50 years.
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