Prehistoric mammals of Western Australia [[electronic resource] /] / Ken McNamara and Peter Murray

• Autore: McNamara Ken
• Pubblicazione: Welshpool DC, W.A., : Western Australian Museum, 2010
• Edizione: Rev. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 p.)
• Disciplina: 560.00
• Soggetto topico: Mammals, Fossil - Australia - Western Australia; Paleontology - Australia - Western Australia
• Soggetto geografico: Western Australia History
• Altri autori: MurrayPeter (Peter F.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Prehistoric mammals of Western Australia
• ISBN: 1-920843-60-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815199803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II