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Prehistoric giants : the megafauna of Australia / Danielle Clode

Record no:

68274

Call no:

560.994 CLO

Author:

Clode, Danielle ; Museum Victoria

Publisher:

Carlton, Vic.: Museum Victoria

Year:

2009

Series:

Museum Victoria nature series

Description:

72 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Animals, Fossil - Australia;
Vertebrates, Fossil - Australia;
Palaeontology - Australia - Pleistocene;

Isbn:

9780980381320

Type:

Book

Abstract:

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.

Contents:

Welcome to the pleistocene -- The megafauna : marsupial meat-eaters -- Cold-blooded killers -- The big birds -- Australian rhinos, hippos and tapirs? -- Monstrous monotremes, wombats and koalas -- Men of the forests and plains -- Extinction.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Kalgoorlie	Western Australian Museum	560.994 CLO	On Shelf