Description |
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm |
Series |
Dixon, Dougal.
Dinosaur files.
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Bibliography |
Includes biographical references (pages 44-45) and index. |
Summary |
Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, diet, and fossil evidence of prehistoric animals that lived in the ancient oceans. |
Contents |
Introduction -- The first swimmers -- An ecological overview -- A school of swimming reptiles -- Placodonts--the shell seekers -- Between the land & the sea -- The giants of the sea -- A range of pliosaurs -- Elasmosaurs--the long necks -- Elasmosaur lifestyle -- Ichthyosaurs--the fish lizards -- A range of ichthyosaurs -- Ichthyosaurs--dispelling a myth -- Mosasaurs -- Crocodiles --- What came next? -- Did you know? --Summary timeline -- There did they live? -- New discoveries -- Websites & further reading -- Glossary. |
Subject |
Marine reptiles, Fossil -- Juvenile literature.
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Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
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ISBN |
9781848983328 |
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1848983328 |
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