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Australian Geographic Magazine
Vol. 1 No. 3
(July-Sept. 1986)

Australian Geographic Pty Ltd
126 pages

The July-Sept. 1986 issue of Australian Geographic Magazine contains a detailed, 18 page thylacine article written by Andy Park.  It focuses on searches that have been made for the species, and includes many photographs, maps which indicate areas where alleged sightings have occurred, a historical thylacine timeline and wildlife artist Rod Scott's beautiful illustration which appears on the issue's front cover.

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Australian Geographic Magazine - July-Sept. 1986

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Australia's Lost World: Prehistoric Animals of Riversleigh - M. Archer, S. Hand and H. Godthelp
Australia's Lost World: Prehistoric Animals of Riversleigh

Michael Archer, Suzanne Hand and Henk Godthelp
Indiana University Press - 2000 (1st US edition)
ISBN:  0253339146
264 pages (hardcover)

In northeast Australia lies one of the most significant fossil deposits in the world - Riversleigh.  Here, the remains of many thousands of amazing prehistoric animals have been superbly preserved in limestone outcrops.  In this award-winning palaeontological work, the three principal scientists on this remarkable excavation explain the vast environmental and geographic changes that have occurred in this area since Australia separated from the ancient continent of Gondwana, and how the animals onboard this living museum evolved through the ages.

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Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution

John Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery and Suzanne Hand
Johns Hopkins University Press - 2002
ISBN:  0801872235
244 pages (hardcover)

An excellent guide in which four very knowledgeable palaeontologists present a history of the development of modern mammals from the unique evolutionary environment of Australia and New Guinea.  The authors describe both what is known about prehistoric Australian mammals and what can be reconstructed from the fossil evidence about their appearance and behaviors.

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Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution - John Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery and Suzanne Hand
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