Extinct animals: an encyclopedia of species that have disappeared during human history/ (Record no. 155715)
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| fixed length control field | 02401cam a2200229 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780313349874 (alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 591.6803 |
| Item number | PIP/E |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Piper, Ross |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Extinct animals: an encyclopedia of species that have disappeared during human history/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ross Piper ; illustrations by Renata Cunha and Phil Miller. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Westport, Conn.: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Greenwood Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxii, 204 pages: |
| Other physical details | ill.; |
| Dimensions | 26 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references p. [191]-192 and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Less than 100 years ago golden toad gastric-brooding frog eskimo curlew caribbean monk seal thylacine carolina parakeet passenger pigeon extinction insight 1: the lottery of fossilization -- 2. Less than 200 years ago rocky mountain locust pig-footed bandicoot quelili stephens island wren tarpan quagga warrah great auk extinction insight 2: the great american interchange -- 3. Less than 500 years ago elephant birds stellers sea cow dodo aurochs moa haasts eagle marcano's solenodon extinction insight 3: human discovery and extinction -- 4. Less than 10000 years ago moa-nalo du horned turtle giant lemur wooly mammoth sivathere giant deer giant ground sloth cuban giant owl extinction insight 4: entombed in tar: the rancho la brea asphalt deposits -- 5. 10000-12500 years ago glyptodonts saber tooth cat scimitar cat american mastodon giant beaver american cheetah american lion wooly rhinoceros litoptern dire wolf cave bear sicilian dwarf elephant merriams teratorn extinction insight 5: ice ages -- 6. More than 12500 years ago giant short-faced bear flores human giant bison homo erectus neandertal marsupial lion diprotodon australian thunder birds giant monitor lizard quinkana giant short-faced kangaroo giant echidna wonambi extinction insight 6: a hole in the desert: the nullarbor plain caves -- 7. More than 50000 years ago giant rhinoceros megatooth shark magnificent teratorn pouch-knife terror birds giant hyena giant apes giant camel selected bibliography |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Extinct animals |
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| Keyword | Animales extinguidos. |
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| Keyword | Animalia Extinct species Chronology Encyclopaedias |
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| Keyword | Animalia Extinct species Distribution Encyclopaedias |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cunha, Renata, ill. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Miller, Phil, ill. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection Type | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Not For Loan | Reference Collection | Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | Reference | 29/08/2016 | 591.6803 PIP/E | P10536 | 23/09/2022 | Reference Books |