Re: Non-Dino Books

[Finback <goodmr@pop.ses.curtin.edu.au>]

At 10:57 am 10/03/00 +1000, Lee J. McLean wrote:
>At the risk of being off-topic, as a follow-up to my previous enquiry I
>am also interested in good recent books covering prehistoric life other
>than dinosaurs. I get the impression that the dinosaur renaissance has
>reduced the number of non-dino prehistory books in recent years, but
>there still appears to be at least some good ones coming out (e.g.
>"Ancient Marine Reptiles"). Any good ones you could point in my
>direction would be greatly appreciated. Particularly, has anybody ever
>done a book on prehistoric amphibians? I find these particularly
>interesting e.g. the recently discussed _Platyhystrix_.

        One good one that comes readily to mind is John Long's "The Rise of
Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution", University of New South Wales
Press, Sydney/John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1995.
 

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