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According to the traditions of some Australian Aborigines, the strange monsters known as "Kadimakara" once lived in a "roof" of vegetation over Central Australia, occasionally foraging for foods in the "lower" world. These Aborigines believed that on one occasion, when the Kadimakara's path back to their home was cut off, they were obliged to roam on earth until they died in Lake Eyre. Their bones, the Aborigines thought, became what we know as fossils. In the richly illustrated volume Kadimakara, pioneers of the bourgeoning field of Australian fossil research provide a broad overview of vertebrate history in that country. Offering a wealth of information on how palaeontologists view their own processes of interpreting what fossil animals and plants were like when alive, the book includes an essay for each of thirty-two extinct vertebrates. The work begins with an engagingly written chapter "Priest-Geologists and Knighted Explorers: A Short History of the Discovery of Vertebrate Fossils in Australia" by P. V. Rich, continues with an essay "The Stirton Years, 1953-1966" by R. H. Tedford, and goes on to a discussion of changing Australian environments throughout geological time by E. M. Truswell and G. E. Wilford. The essays on fossil vertebrates constitute the remaining two-thirds of the book.
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Originally published in 1985(Pioneer Design Studio, Victoria, Australia) and here republished with a prefatory and bibliographic update, this is an absolute beauty of a book oversize (8<3/4>x12<1/4>") and gorgeously illustrated by Frank Knight. Pioneers in the field of Australian fossil research provide a broad overview of vertebrate history in tha
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KADIMAKARA: EXTINCT VERTEBRATES OF AUSTRALIA
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Pioneer Design Studio, Victoria, Australia, 1985
ISBN 10: 0909674264
ISBN 13: 9780909674267
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust. First Edition. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else bright, intact and whole. ARN 50.04; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Seller Inventory # 001688
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KADIMAKARA: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia.
Published by
PiONEER DESIGN STUDIO, VICTORIA AU., 1985
ISBN 10: 0909674264
ISBN 13: 9780909674267
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First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: NEAR FINE +. FRANK KNIGHT (illustrator). First Edition FIRST PRINTING. BOOK IN SUPERB CONDITION. SOLID & VERY CLEAN, NO MARKINGS OR INSCRIPTIONS. D/J HAS A VERY SMALL TEAR ON BACK FORE CORNER, 1 INCH LONG AND A MINUTE CLOSE TEAR AT BOTTOM ON BACK. THE MOST COMPLETE AND PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN EXTINCT VERTABRATES. OVERSIZE FOR SHIPPING, PLEASE CONTACT SELLER BEFORE ORDERING IN ORDER TO GET AN ACCURATE COST OF POSTAGE. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS. Seller Inventory # 006692