Donald R. Prothero

Gebundenes Buch

Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals

Beschreibung

After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. Here is the ultimate illustrated field guide to the lost world of the

Autor

Donald R. Prothero is research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and professor emeritus of geology at Occidental College. His many books include Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Future of Our Planet, Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters, and After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals.

Produktdetails

• Princeton Field Guides
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 225mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1267g
• ISBN-13: 9780691156828
• ISBN-10: 0691156824
• Artikelnr.: 44943525

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"Up-to-date, comprehensive, and very readable. Prothero is a renowned expert in this field, with decades of experience working on diverse groups of prehistoric mammals. He clearly knows his subject well and skillfully conveys this knowledge to readers."--Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science