
The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals
By: Donald R. Prothero, Mary Persis Williams (Illustrator)
Hardcover | 27 December 2016 | Edition Number 1
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A woolly mammoth probably won't come thundering through your vegetable garden any time soon. But if one did, this would be the book to keep on your windowsill next to the binoculars. 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.
- Provides an up-to-date guidebook to hundreds of extinct species, from saber-toothed cats to giant mammoths
- Features a wealth of color illustrations, including new reconstructions of many animals never before depicted
- Demonstrates evolution in action--such as how whales evolved from hoofed mammals and how giraffes evolved from creatures with short necks
- Explains how mass extinctions and climate change affected mammals, including why some mammals grew so huge
About the Author
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.
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ISBN: 9780691156828
ISBN-10: 0691156824
Series: Princeton Field Guides
Published: 27th December 2016
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 240
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: US
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 27.9 x 21.5 x 2.2
Weight (kg): 1.25
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