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Author Dixon, Dougal.

Title Prehistoric oceans / by Dougal Dixon.

Edition North American edition.
Publication Info. Mankato, MN : New Forest Press, 2010.
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Juvenile Nonfiction  J 567.937 DIX    AVAILABLE
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Description 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
Series Dixon, Dougal. Dinosaur files.
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.
Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9781848983328
1848983328
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