Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs nd other ancient giants of Australia

by Jones, Jenny

• ISBN13: 9781921073991
• ISBN10: 1921073993
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-09-08
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers

Summary

Did you know that Australia was once home to many gigantic animals - and not just dinosaurs? There were giant kangaroos and wombats, and possibly even huge flightless birds. Scientists have discovered their fossil remains within Australia’ s ancient rocks. You can discover more about these animals in this book. DINOSAURS AND OTHER ANCIENT GIANTS OF AUSTRALIA, from the Young Reed series of natural history books, takes you on a journey through Australia’ s prehistory, and includes a map showing where Australia’ s most important fossil sites are, timeline that helps you understand which animals were around and when, color photographs and illustrations that bring animals to life, lots of interesting information about the animals and Australia in prehistoric times, actvities to test your knowledge, a glossary to explain new words, an index to help you find particular animals and information in the book, list of other books and websites where you can find more information.

Author Biography

Jenny lives in Sydney NSW with her family. She has always had a fascination for Dinosaurs & the Prehistoric World that once lived.

Table of Contents

Prehistoric Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6– 7 Time Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8– 9 Before the Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10– 11 The Age of Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12– 13 Meet the Australian Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . . . .14– 19 Bird-footed Dinosaurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Meat-ripping Killers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Terrible Lizards of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18– 19 From Scales to Feathers and Fur. . . . . . . . . .20– 21 After the Dinosaurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22– 23 The Age of Mammals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24– 25 The Age of Megafauna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26– 37 The Koala Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The Kangaroo Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Lean, Mean Killing Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30– 31 Dinosaur-sized Birds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32– 33 Squeezers, Swallowers and Rippers . . . . . . . . . .34– 35 Killer Coilers and Weaponed Turtles. . . . . . . . . .36– 37 Digging Up Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 Unearthing Treasure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40– 43 Fossil Detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Lost in Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48