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Autore |
McNamara Ken |
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Titolo |
Prehistoric mammals of Western Australia [[electronic resource] /] / Ken McNamara and Peter Murray |
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Welshpool DC, W.A., : Western Australian Museum, 2010 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (112 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mammals, Fossil - Australia - Western Australia |
Paleontology - Australia - Western Australia |
Electronic books. |
Western Australia History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction; The Fossil Remains: Their Occurrence and Preservation; Age of the Western Australian Fossil Remains; Diprotodontids; Thylacoleonids; Wombats; Thylacines; Kangaroos; Echidnas; Mammal Extinctions in Western Australia; Acknowledgements; Further Reading |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1909 a rich accumulation of many thousands of bones was excavated from Mammoth Cave in Australia's south-west. Many of the bones far exceeded in size any modern-day native mammal, evidence that in prehistoric times giant mammals had roamed the Australian bush. They included a marsupial the size of a buffalo, kangaroos more than two metres tall, wallabies much bigger than any living species, a marsupial 'lion' about the size of a leopard, giant echidnas and wombats, plus the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). What did these animals look like and how did they live? And how did they become extinct i |
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