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008 030710s2004 inua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2003015569
020 $a0253343747 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQE862.L2$bM65 2004
082 00 $a567.9/5$222
100 1 $aMolnar, Ralph E.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93075425
245 10 $aDragons in the dust :$bthe paleobiology of the giant monitor lizard Megalania /$cRalph E. Molnar.
260 $aBloomington :$bIndiana University Press,$c2004.
300 $axviii, 210 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aLife of the past
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: The Lizard of Aus -- $g1.$tThe Pleistocene World -- $g2.$tThe Pleistocene in Australia -- $g3.$tThe Discovery of Megalania -- $g4.$tMegalania and Other Varanids -- $g5.$tThe Paleobiology of Megalania -- $g6.$tWhy Megalania? -- $g7.$tSummary: How a Dragon Came to Be.
520 1 $a"Dragons in the Dust tells the story of these lizards and the world in which they lived. The book explores the Pleistocene, the time of the ice ages, when climates changed and glaciers advanced over vast stretches of the globe. In Australia the changes in environment had an impact on the evolution of that continent's unique fauna. While mammals ruled elsewhere, here reptiles held their dominance. Large monitor lizards survive to this day, but the discovery of fossil remains of Megalania revealed that their ancestors were true giants and formidable predators. How scientists have reconstructed how these animals lived and what factors encouraged their evolution make up part of the story. What caused their extinction remains a mystery, and one that makes an intriguing conclusion to this look at a true dragon of the past."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMegalania.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003008552
650 0 $aPaleobiology$zSouthern Hemisphere.
650 0 $aPaleontology$yPleistocene.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097141
830 0 $aLife of the past.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99044985
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip046/2003015569.html
852 00 $boff,glg$hQE862.L2$iM65 2004