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    Animals of a Bygone Era

    An Illustrated Compendium

    Author Maja Säfström
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    Hardcover
    $14.99 US
    Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed | Ten Speed Press
    6.3"W x 7.8"H x 0.64"D   | 13 oz | 12 per carton
    On sale Apr 04, 2017 | 112 Pages | 9780399578526
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    A beautifully illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about extinct animals.

    In the past, amazing and strange animals roamed the earth, including giant sea scorpions, tiny horses, enormous sloths, and fierce "terror birds." These and many more fantastic extinct animals are illustrated in this whimsical collection by Swedish artist Maja Säfström.
    Maja Säfström is a Stockholm-based illustrator and architect, and the author of The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts and Animals of a Bygone Era: An Illustrated Compendium. View titles by Maja Säfström
    Dear Reader,

    In this book I have illustrated and presented a few of the countless amazing creatures that once roamed the earth.

    Some of them lived a long time ago, while others lived until very recently.

    I hope that you enjoy the book, learn something new, and are reminded of the beautiful, complex, and delicate history of this world.
    Copyright © 2017 by Maja Säfström. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
    7. Introduction

    9. dickinsonia costata
    11. hallucigenia 
    13. haikouichthys
    15. opabinia 
    17. cameroceras 
    19. pteraspis 
    21. giant sea scorpion 
    23. dunkleosteus terrelli 
    25. meganeura
    27. helicoprion 
    29. dimetrodon 
    31. sharovipteryx
    33. gerrothorax 
    35. ophthalmosaurus 
    37. elasmosaurus 
    39. quetzalcoatlus 
    41. terror bird 
    43. titanoboa 
    45. coryphodon 
    47. dawn horse 
    49. diacodexis 
    51. leptictidium
    53. walking whale
    55. eomanis 
    57. giant ground sloth 
    59. basilosaurus
    61. embolotherium
    63. indricoTherIum
    65. carcharocles megalodon
    67. moa
    69. platybelodon
    71. chalicotherium 
    73. horned gopher
    75. synthetoceras 
    77. giant asian ape
    79. macrauchenia 
    81. shiva’s Beast 
    83. walrus whale
    85. nuralagus rex
    87. giant pacarana
    89. irish elk
    91. giant siberian unicorn
    93. woolly mammoth 
    95. cave bear
    97. doedicurus
    99. saber-toothed cat
    101. giant swan
    103. giant short-faced kangaroo 
    105. tasmanian tiger
    107. dodo bird
    109. saddle-backed rodrigues giant tortoise

    About

    A beautifully illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about extinct animals.

    In the past, amazing and strange animals roamed the earth, including giant sea scorpions, tiny horses, enormous sloths, and fierce "terror birds." These and many more fantastic extinct animals are illustrated in this whimsical collection by Swedish artist Maja Säfström.

    Author

    Maja Säfström is a Stockholm-based illustrator and architect, and the author of The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts and Animals of a Bygone Era: An Illustrated Compendium. View titles by Maja Säfström

    Excerpt

    Dear Reader,

    In this book I have illustrated and presented a few of the countless amazing creatures that once roamed the earth.

    Some of them lived a long time ago, while others lived until very recently.

    I hope that you enjoy the book, learn something new, and are reminded of the beautiful, complex, and delicate history of this world.
    Copyright © 2017 by Maja Säfström. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

    Table of Contents

    7. Introduction

    9. dickinsonia costata
    11. hallucigenia 
    13. haikouichthys
    15. opabinia 
    17. cameroceras 
    19. pteraspis 
    21. giant sea scorpion 
    23. dunkleosteus terrelli 
    25. meganeura
    27. helicoprion 
    29. dimetrodon 
    31. sharovipteryx
    33. gerrothorax 
    35. ophthalmosaurus 
    37. elasmosaurus 
    39. quetzalcoatlus 
    41. terror bird 
    43. titanoboa 
    45. coryphodon 
    47. dawn horse 
    49. diacodexis 
    51. leptictidium
    53. walking whale
    55. eomanis 
    57. giant ground sloth 
    59. basilosaurus
    61. embolotherium
    63. indricoTherIum
    65. carcharocles megalodon
    67. moa
    69. platybelodon
    71. chalicotherium 
    73. horned gopher
    75. synthetoceras 
    77. giant asian ape
    79. macrauchenia 
    81. shiva’s Beast 
    83. walrus whale
    85. nuralagus rex
    87. giant pacarana
    89. irish elk
    91. giant siberian unicorn
    93. woolly mammoth 
    95. cave bear
    97. doedicurus
    99. saber-toothed cat
    101. giant swan
    103. giant short-faced kangaroo 
    105. tasmanian tiger
    107. dodo bird
    109. saddle-backed rodrigues giant tortoise

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