| Description |
xxviii, 340 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-314) and index. |
| Contents |
Pachyderms in the catacombs -- Dr. Jekyll and the Stonesfield Jaws -- The origin of mammals -- The noblest conquest -- Terrible horns and heavy feet -- Mr. Megatherium versus Professor Mylodon -- Fire beasts of the Antipodes -- Titans on parade -- Five-toed horses and missing links -- The invisible dawn man -- A Bonaparte of beasts -- Love and theory -- Simpson's Cynodont - to - Smilodon synthesis -- Shifting ground -- Dissolving ancestries -- Exploding faunas -- The revenge of the shell hunters -- Simpson Redivius -- Wind thieves of the Kyzylkum -- The serpent's offering -- Anthropoid leapfrog |
| Subject |
Mammals -- Evolution.
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Mammals -- Evolution. |
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Mammals, Fossil.
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Mammals, Fossil. |
| ISBN |
0520246845 paperback |
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