Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres - Couverture rigide

Prothero, Donald R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0253008190 ISBN 13 : 9780253008190

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A book for everyone fascinated by the huge beasts that once roamed the earth, Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of the Indricotheres introduces a prime candidate for the largest land mammal that ever lived - the giant hornless rhinoceros, Indricotherium. These massive animals lived in Asia and Eurasia for more than 14 million years, about 37 to 23 million years ago. They had skulls 2 metres / 6 feet long, stood over 7 meters / 22 feet high at the shoulder, and were nearly twice as heavy as the largest elephant ever recorded, tipping the scales at 20,000 kg / 44,100 pounds. Fortunately, the big brutes were vegetarians, although they must have made predators think twice before trying to bring them down. In this book for lovers of ancient creatures great and small, Donald R. Prothero tells their story, from their discovery by palaeontologists just a century ago to the latest research on how they lived and died, with some interesting side trips along the way.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Recipient of the 2013 James Shea Award of the National Association of Geology Teachers for outstanding writing and editing in the geosciences.

Donald R. Prothero is Emeritus Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology. He has published 32 books, including Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future (IU Press, 2013); Earth: Portrait of a Planet; The Evolution of Earth; Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters; Catastrophes!; and After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (IU Press, 2006).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0253008190
• ISBN 13: 9780253008190
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Illustrateur: Buell Carl