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Otherlands : a journey through Earth's extinct worlds

Halliday, Thomas (Paleobiologist) (author.).

Summary: Mining the most recent paleontological advances, a paleobiologist recreates sixteen extinct worlds, rendered with a novelist's eye for detail and drama, showing up close the intricate relationships of these ancient worlds.

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ISBN: 9780593132883
ISBN: 0593132882
ISBN: 9780593132890
Physical Description: print
xx, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-348) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Thaw : Northern Plain, Alaska, USA -- Pleistocene -- Origins : Kanapoi, Kenya -- Pliocene -- Deluge : Gargono, Italy -- Miocene -- Homeland : Tinguiririca, Chile -- Oligocene -- Cycles : Seymour Island, Antarctica -- Eocene -- Rebirth : Hell Creek, Montana, USA -- Paleocene -- Signals : Yixian, Liaoning, China -- Cretaceous -- Foundation : Swabia, Germany -- Jurassic -- Contingency : Madygen, Kyrgyzstan -- Triassic -- Seasons : Moradi, Niger -- Permian -- Fuel : Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA -- Carboniferous -- Collaboration : Rhynie, Scotland, UK -- Devonian -- Depths : Yaman-Kasy, Russia -- Silurian -- Transformation : Soom, South Africa -- Ordovician -- Consumers : Chengjiang, Yunnan, China -- Cambrian -- Emergence : Ediacara Hills, Australia -- Ediacaran -- Epilogue: a town called hope.