Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland Sea
Whitley Award for Best Popular Zoology Book
CBCA Notable Nonfiction Book
Step back to a time when Australia’s red centre was flooded by a vast shallow ocean, the Eromanga Sea. While dinosaurs stalked the scattered islands that made up the Australian continent, giant marine reptiles ruled the waves. Plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs swam in an inland sea filled with schools of ammonites, pterosaurs flew overhead and giant carnivorous amphibians lurked in the rivers.
Prehistoric Marine, the third in the Museum Victoria Nature series, is a guide to the fauna of the Eromanga Sea and its coasts during the Cretaceous period. This richly illustrated book brings to life yet another aspect of the fascinating world of Australia’s prehistoric past and provides an accessible introduction to some of the amazing fauna, geology and fossils found in this part of the world.
Suitable for ages 10-100
Published by Museum Victoria
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Praise for the book
‘Well-written text and superb backup images guarantee that Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland Sea is a deserving winner in the category of Popular Zoology' —Dr Arthur White,Judge's Report, Royal Zoological Society of NSW
‘This book gives readers a glimpse of a world that no longer exists and which is hard to envision in a land that is now desert and far from any sea. The inhabitants of the world are even more amazing, and in many cases even frightening. The illustrations are superb and the text is also informative without being too scholarly. —Bec, Booktopia
‘beautifully written . . . Full of information that is light and easy to digest and not off putting for those that are not familiar with palaeontology.” —Tiffany Rusbatch, Goodreads