Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction


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Discover some of the most extraordinary prehistoric creatures the world has ever seen.

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.

By Michael Archer, Suzanne Hand, John Long and Trevor Worthy. Hardcover/ 264 pages.

Contents

  • Introduction 
  • Pilbara, Western Australia, Archaean
  • Ediacaran Hills, South Australia, Ediacaran
  • Emu Bay, South Australia, Cambrian
  • Stairway Sandstone, Northern Territory, Ordovician
  • Baragwanathia flora, Victoria, Silurian/Devonian
  • Evolution of early vertebrates
  • Burrinjuck, New South Wales, Devonian
  • Georgina Basin, Queensland, Devonian
  • Gogo, Scene 1, Western Australia, Devonian
  • Gogo, Scene 2, Western Australia, Devonian
  • Canowindra, Scene 1, New South Wales, Devonian
  • Canowindra, Scene 2, New South Wales, Devonian
  • Mansfield, Victoria, Devonian/Carboniferous
  • Ducabrook Formation, Queensland, Carboniferous
  • Blackwater Shale, Queensland, Permian
  • Blina Shale, Western Australia, Triassic
  • Knocklofty Formation, Tasmania, Triassic
  • Arcadia Formation, Scene 1, Queensland, Triassic
  • Arcadia Formation, Scene 2, Queensland, Triassic
  • Hanson Formation, Antarctica,  Jurassic
  • Talbragar, New South Wales, Jurassic
  • Evolution of the tetrapod forelimb
  • Broome Sandstone, Western Australia, Cretaceous
  • Strzelecki, Victoria, Cretaceous
  • Bulldog Shale, South Australia, Cretaceous
  • Otway, Scene 1, Victoria, Cretaceous
  • Otway, Scene 2, Victoria, Cretaceous
  • Toolebuc Formation, Scene 1, Queensland, Cretaceous
  • Toolebuc Formation, Scene 2, Queensland, Cretaceous
  • Toolebuc Formation, Scene 3, Queensland, Cretaceous
  • Winton Formation, Scene 1, Queensland, Cretaceous
  • Winton Formation, Scene 2, Queensland, Cretaceous
  • Winton Formation, Scene 3, Queensland, Cretaceous
  • Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Cretaceous
  • Mackunda Formation, Queensland, Cretaceous
  • Mangahouanga, New Zealand, Cretaceous
  • Waipara River, New Zealand, Cretaceous
  • Haumuri Bluff, New Zealand, Cretaceous
  • Tingamarra, Scene 1, Queensland, Eocene
  • Tingamarra, Scene 2, Queensland, Eocene
  • Tingamarra, Scene 3, Queensland, Eocene
  • Duntroon, New Zealand, Oligocene
  • Jan Juc Formation, Victoria, Oligocene
  • Ditjimanka Local Fauna, Scene 1, South Australia, Oligocene
  • Ditjimanka Local Fauna, Scene 2, South Australia, Oligocene
  • Riversleigh, Scene 1, Queensland, Oligocene
  • Pinpa Local Fauna, South Australia, Oligocene
  • Ericmas Local Fauna, South Australia, Oligocene
  • Riversleigh, Scene 2, Queensland, Oligocene
  • Riversleigh, Scene 3, Queensland, Oligocene
  • Riversleigh, Scene 4, Queensland, Oligocene
  • Wynyard Local Fauna, Tasmania, Miocene
  • Kutjamarpu Local Fauna, South Australia, Miocene
  • Riversleigh, Scene 5, Queensland, early Miocene

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