Prehistoric Australasia
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Prehistoric Australasia

Visions of Evolution and Extinction

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Prehistoric Australasia

Visions of Evolution and Extinction

About this book

For most of the past 300 million years, the world's continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to evolve in ways not seen anywhere else on Earth, with tree-climbing crocodiles, gigantic venomous lizards, walking omnivorous bats and flesh-eating kangaroos roaming the continent.

Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction presents some of the most extraordinary creatures the world has ever seen – all unique to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and their surrounding islands.

Over 100 meticulously painted panoramas by palaeoartist Peter Schouten are accompanied by descriptions of the unique environments and features of these animals, written by four of Australia's foremost palaeontologists. This book explores the nature and timing of extinction events in the Southern Hemisphere, considers whether some of these losses might be able to be reversed, and how we can use the fossil record to help save today's critically endangered species. Through stunning artwork and fascinating text, Prehistoric Australasia brings this globally unique transformation over time to glorious, colourful life.

Winner, The Royal Zoological Society of NSW 2023 Whitley Medal

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front endpaper
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Pilbara, Western Australia
  8. Ediacaran Hills, South Australia
  9. Emu Bay, South Australia
  10. Stairway Sandstone, Northern Territory
  11. Baragwanathia flora, Victoria
  12. Evolution of early vertebrates
  13. Burrinjuck, New South Wales
  14. Georgina Basin, Queensland
  15. Gogo, Scene 1, Western Australia
  16. Gogo, Scene 2, Western Australia
  17. Canowindra, Scene 1, New South Wales
  18. Canowindra, Scene 2, New South Wales
  19. Mansfield, Victoria
  20. Ducabrook Formation, Queensland
  21. Blackwater Shale, Queensland
  22. Blina Shale, Western Australia
  23. Knocklofty Formation, Tasmania
  24. Arcadia Formation, Scene 1, Queensland
  25. Arcadia Formation, Scene 2, Queensland
  26. Hanson Formation, Antarctica
  27. Talbragar, New South Wales
  28. Evolution of the tetrapod forelimb
  29. Broome Sandstone, Western Australia
  30. Strzelecki, Victoria
  31. Bulldog Shale, South Australia
  32. Otway, Scene 1, Victoria
  33. Otway, Scene 2, Victoria
  34. Toolebuc Formation, Scene 1, Queensland
  35. Toolebuc Formation, Scene 2, Queensland
  36. Toolebuc Formation, Scene 3, Queensland
  37. Winton Formation, Scene 1, Queensland
  38. Winton Formation, Scene 2, Queensland
  39. Winton Formation, Scene 3, Queensland
  40. Lightning Ridge, New South Wales
  41. Mackunda Formation, Queensland
  42. Mangahouanga, New Zealand
  43. Waipara River, New Zealand
  44. Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand
  45. Tingamarra, Scene 1, Queensland
  46. Tingamarra, Scene 2, Queensland
  47. Tingamarra, Scene 3, Queensland
  48. Duntroon, New Zealand
  49. Jan Juc Formation, Victoria
  50. Ditjimanka Local Fauna, Scene 1, South Australia
  51. Ditjimanka Local Fauna, Scene 2, South Australia
  52. Riversleigh, Scene 1, Queensland
  53. Pinpa Local Fauna, South Australia
  54. Ericmas Local Fauna, South Australia
  55. Riversleigh, Scene 2, Queensland
  56. Riversleigh, Scene 3, Queensland
  57. Riversleigh, Scene 4, Queensland
  58. Wynyard Local Fauna, Tasmania
  59. Kutjamarpu Local Fauna, South Australia
  60. Riversleigh, Scene 5, Queensland
  61. Riversleigh, Scene 6, Queensland
  62. Riversleigh, Scene 7, Queensland
  63. Riversleigh, Scene 8, Queensland
  64. St Bathans, Scene 1, New Zealand
  65. St Bathans, Scene 2, New Zealand
  66. St Bathans, Scene 3, New Zealand
  67. Riversleigh, Scene 9, Queensland
  68. Riversleigh, Scene 10, Queensland
  69. Bullock Creek, Northern Territory
  70. Riversleigh, Scene 11, Queensland
  71. Alcoota, Scene 1, Northern Territory
  72. Alcoota, Scene 2, Northern Territory
  73. Beaumaris, Victoria
  74. Awe, Papua New Guinea
  75. Chinchilla, Queensland
  76. Kanunka, Scene 1, South Australia
  77. Kanunka, Scene 2, South Australia
  78. Bunyip Cave, Victoria
  79. Eastern Darling Downs, Scene 1, Queensland
  80. Eastern Darling Downs, Scene 2, Queensland
  81. Wellington Caves, Scene 1, New South Wales
  82. Wellington Caves, Scene 2, New South Wales
  83. Wellington Caves, Scene 3, New South Wales
  84. The giant lizard Megalania, eastern Australia
  85. Thylacoleo Caves, Western Australia
  86. Naracoorte Caves, Scene 1, South Australia
  87. Naracoorte Caves, Scene 2, South Australia
  88. Texas Caves, Scene 1, Queensland
  89. Texas Caves, Scene 2, Queensland
  90. Lord Howe Island meiolaniid turtle
  91. Mammoth Cave, Western Australia
  92. Mowbray, Victoria
  93. Callabonna, South Australia
  94. Wyandotte Station, Queensland
  95. Pureni, Papua New Guinea
  96. Riversleigh, Scene 12, Queensland
  97. Kelangurr Cave, Irian Jaya
  98. Nombe Rock Shelter, Papua New Guinea
  99. South Island moa, New Zealand
  100. South Island adzebill, New Zealand
  101. Volivoli Cave, Fiji
  102. Tongoleleka, Tonga
  103. Chatham Islands, New Zealand
  104. North Island, Scene 1, New Zealand
  105. North Island, Scene 2, New Zealand
  106. New Caledonia’s giant megapode
  107. Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
  108. New Zealand giant eagle
  109. Pindai Cave, New Caledonia
  110. South Island goose, New Zealand
  111. Acknowledgements
  112. References
  113. Index
  114. Back endpaper
  115. Back cover