The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: - An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History

Informationen zum Autor Alan Turner is a paleontologist and reader in vertebrate paleontology in the School of Biological and Earth Schiences at Liverpool John Moores University and is a former senior curator of paleontology at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria, South Africa.Mauricio Antón specializes in creating images that bring prehistoric creatures and their environments back to life. He has been an illustrator for nearly 30 years. Mauricio Antón is an artist and scientific illustrator based at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. His work has appeared in numerous scientific publications, including the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Alan Turner is a paleontologist and reader in vertebrate paleontology in the School of Biological and Earth Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University and is a former senior curator of paleontology at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria, South Africa. Klappentext In this beautifully illustrated natural history that links extinct larger feline species with those still in existence, collaborators Alan Turner and Mauricio Antón weave together the evidence of modern feline behavior with that of the fossil record. Zusammenfassung This text chronicles millions of years of evolution! linking extinct larger feline species with those still living! including lions! tigers! cougars! and cheetahs. It explains how living species and fossil remains make possible the reconstruction of the cat's social and predatory behaviour.

Product details

• Authors: Mauricio Ant?n, Mauricio Anton, Mauricio Antón, Mauricio Antsn, Alan Turner, Turner Alan
• Assisted by: F. Clark Howell (Foreword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2000
• EAN: 9780231102292
• ISBN: 978-0-231-10229-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 252 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; NATURE / Rocks & Minerals, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, NATURE / Fossils, Wildlife: general interest, Rocks, minerals & fossils, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest