Dragons in the Dust - The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania

Informationen zum Autor Ralph E. Molnar was for many years Section Leader for Vertebrate and Invertebrate Palaeontology and Geology and Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology at Queensland Museum in Australia. Now retired, he lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. Klappentext What caused their extinction remains a mystery, and one that makes an intriguing conclusion to this portrait of a true dragon of the past. Zusammenfassung Overs the years, the world was filled with fabulous creatures. There were wooly elephants and rhinos, saber-toothed cats, great wolves and lions, giant tortoises - and in Australia giant lizards. Megalania was one of those. This title tells the story of these amazing lizards and the world in which they lived. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Lizard of Aus Collection Abbreviations 1.The Pleistocene World 2.The Pleistocene in Australia 3.The Discovery of Megalania 4.Megalania and Other Varanids 5.The Paleobiology of Megalania 6.Why Megalania? 7.Summary: How a Dragon Came to Be Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Ralph Molnar, Ralph E Molnar, Ralph E. Molnar, Molnar Ralph E
• Assisted by: James O. Farlow (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2004
• EAN: 9780253343741
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34374-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Life of the Past; Life of the Past
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology