Bibliograph

The rise and reign of the mammals, a new history, from the shadow of the dinosaurs to us, Steve Brusatte ; with illustrations by Todd Marshall and Sarah Shelley

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The rise and reign of the mammals, a new history, from the shadow of the dinosaurs to us, Steve Brusatte ; with illustrations by Todd Marshall and Sarah Shelley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-470) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise and reign of the mammals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1317840233

Responsibility statement

Steve Brusatte ; with illustrations by Todd Marshall and Sarah Shelley

Sub title

a new history, from the shadow of the dinosaurs to us

Summary

In his acclaimed book The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusatte enchanted readers with his definitive history of the dinosaurs. Now, picking up the narrative in the ashes of the extinction event that doomed T-rex and its kind, Brusatte explores the remarkable story of the family of animals that inherited the Earth<U+2014>mammals<U+2014> and brilliantly reveals that their story is every bit as fascinating and complex as that of their predecessors

Table Of Contents

Introduction: our mammalian family -- Mammal ancestors -- Making a mammal -- Mammals and dinosaurs -- The mammalian revolution -- Dinosaurs die, mammals survive -- Mammals modernize -- Extreme mammals -- Mammals and changing climates -- Ice age mammals -- Human mammals -- Epilogue: future mammals

Target audience

adult

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