Prehistoric giants : the megafauna of Australia / Danielle Clode.
Prehistoric giants : the megafauna of Australia / Danielle Clode.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Carlton, Vic. : Museum Victoria, c2009.
Call Numbers
H 2014/1668
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
72 p. : col. ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
Welcome to the pleistocene -- The megafauna: Marsupial meat-eaters -- Cold-blodded killers -- The big birds -- Australian rhinos, hippos and tapirs? -- Monstrous monotremes, wombats and koalas -- Men of the forests and plains -- Extinction.
Publication information
Publisher
Carlton, Vic. : Museum Victoria, c2009.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
c2009.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Step back to a time when giant goannas and marsupial lions stalked the Australian bush. Imagine herds of two-tonne Diprotodon roaming the plains, and flocks of flightless ducks bigger than emus striding across the shallow inland sea.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Prehistoric giants : the megafauna of Australia / Danielle Clode.
Portion of title
Megafauna of Australia.
Notes
General note
Museum Victoria nature series.
Bibliography : p. 69.
Mitchell Library copy at H 2014/1668 from the collection of Jenny Darling & Associates.
Audience note
For upper primary and lower secondary school children.
Contextual Information
Awards
The Children's Book Council of Australia -- short-listed book.
Date Copyright
c2009.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2014/1668
Record Identifier
74VKvJEqZlLy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvJEqZlLy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780980381320 (pbk.) :
DDC
560.17920994
MMS ID
991021497789702626
