Böcker av Othniel Charles Marsh

Travel back in time to explore the incredible world of North American dinosaurs in this authoritative guide to prehistoric life. Marsh's extensive research and meticulous illustrations bring these ancient creatures back to life, helping us to better understand the wonders of our planet's distant past.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This is Marsh's seminal work on the Dinocerata, an extinct order of herbivorous mammals that lived from the Paleocene to the Eocene epoch. In this monograph, Marsh describes the anatomy, physiology, and evolution of these giant beasts, which had massive jaws and a rhinoceros-like body. This book is a must-read for paleontologists, zoologists, and anyone interested in the history of mammals on earth.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.