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NARACOORTE CAVES: Pleistocene Fossil Vertebrate Deposits of Victoria Fossil Cave
NARACOORTE CAVES
Pleistocene Fossil Vertebrate Deposits of Victoria Fossil Cave

Suzanne Hand
National Parks and Wildlife South Australia - 1988
No ISBN
14 pages (soft cover booklet)

An informative booklet which details the history and significance of the Late Pleistocene vertebrate fossil deposits of Victoria Fossil Cave in Naracoorte, South Australia.
 

THE ANTIPODEAN ARK
Creatures from Prehistoric Australia

Suzanne Hand and Michael Archer (eds.)
Peter Schouten (illus.)
Angus and Robertson Publishers - 1987
ISBN:  0 207 15664 6
90 pages (soft cover)

Specifically details 30 species of extinct Australian vertebrates, as well as describes four different time periods of the Miocene Riversleigh fauna.  Included are many fine greyscale illustrations by Peter Schouten.

THE ANTIPODEAN ARK: Creatures from Prehistoric Australia
VERTEBRATE ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION IN AUSTRALASIA: (Animals in Space & Time)
VERTEBRATE ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION IN AUSTRALASIA
(Animals in Space & Time)

Michael Archer and Georgina Clayton (eds.)
Hesperian Press - 1984
ISBN:  0 859505 036 X
1283 pages

This book has now become extremely rare, and could be considered the definitive reference on Australian vertebrate palaeontology; a vast, well-illustrated work which is the collaborative effort of the world's leading authorities on the subject.

AUSTRALIA
The Four Billion Year Journey of a Continent

Reg and Maggie Morrison
Facts on File - 1988
ISBN:  0 8160 2409 X
334 pages

This richly illustrated book covers the entire spectrum of Australia's geological and biological evolution, from an early land mass to the continent of living wonders it has become.

AUSTRALIA: The Four Billion Year Journey of a Continent
NATURE OF AUSTRALIA: A portrait of the island continent
NATURE OF AUSTRALIA
A portrait of the island continent

John Vandenbeld
Facts on File in association with the 
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 1988
ISBN:  0 8160 2006 X
292 pages

Based upon the popular television documentary series, this is another informative and well illustrated work on Australian natural history.

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