Research Topics: Science - General; Book #13

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Title
Author
# of Pages
Prehistoric Animals and Plants
Zdenek Burian
311

Contents

The first living organisms    (p. 6)
In Palaeozoic seas    (p. 7)
Vertebrates appear on the scene    (p. 11)
Life migrates to the dry land    (p. 15)
From fishes to amphibians    (p. 16)
Permian reptiles    (p. 19)
The world in the Triassic period    (p. 20)
Testudinates and their history    (p. 22)
Amphibians of the Triassic swamps    (p. 23)
Mesozoic giants    (p. 23)
Reptiles of the Mesozoic seas    (p. 25)
Reptiles conquer the air    (p. 26)
The first birds    (p. 26)
The first mammals    (p. 28)
The Earth's recent history    (p. 29)
Tertiary amphibians and reptiles    (p. 31)
The avian world    (p. 32)
The first successful mammals    (p. 32)
Mammals acquire their present form    (p. 40)
The age of Mammoths    (p. 43)
Plates    (p. 48)
Table of geological eras and periods    (p. 305)

Bibliography    (p. 306)
Index    (p. 308)