Neptune’s Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas
- ISBN-10
- 0520258142
- ISBN-13
- 9780520258143
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 282
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-18
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- David Rains Wallace
Description
Spanning five hundred million years of evolution, a study of marine life along the Pacific coast of North America captures the remarkable diversity of creatures, past and present, that have made the habitat their home, from ancient giant sea cows and flightless toothed birds, to modern-day orcas and sea otters, and chronicles the exploits of the adventurers, explorers, scientists, and naturalists who studied the region.
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