The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life
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| Author | Tim Haines and Paul Chambers |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Reference encyclopedia |
| Publisher | Firefly Books |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Pages | 216 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 1554071259 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life is an encyclopedia featuring 111 of the prehistoric animals from the Walking With series, as well as an additional one. It was published in 2006 by Firefly Books, and written by Tim Haines with Paul Chambers.
Contents
The book is divided into four sections other than the Index and Glossary: the Paleozoic, the Mesozoic, the Cenozoic, and the Timeline/Tree of Life. The previous three sections contain brief summaries of the time periods featured, and detailed entries for the featured animals. The lists of creatures are in the order they are shown in the book.
Paleozoic
- Early Permian:
- Late Permian:
Mesozoic
- Early Triassic:
- Late Triassic:
- Early Cretaceous:
- Late Cretaceous:
Cenozoic
- Pleistocene (The Ice Age period):
- Megaloceros
- Panthera leo
- Homo neanderthalensis
- Mammuthus
- Coelodonta
- Homo sapiens
- Homo floresiensis (interestingly, this species was not featured in any Walking With... production)
List of Creatures not Featured in the Book
The following prehistoric creatures have been featured in the Walking with... series or have been featured in their encyclopedias, but have not been given their own page. They include creatures from Walking with Monsters, Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, The Ballad of Big Al, Chased By Dinosaurs, and Sea Monsters.
Walking with Monsters Life Before Dinosaurs.
- Mesothelae (shown on the Petrolacosaurus illustration on pg. 36)
- Rhinesuchus (identified as labyrinthodont) (mentioned on pg. 15, shown on pg. 111 (Koolasuchus entry)
- Euchambersia (identified as therocephalian)
Walking with Dinosaurs
- Muttaburrasaurus (shown on pg. 56, identified incorrectly as a species of Iguanodon)
- Triceratops (shown dead) (mentioned on pg 139 in the Torosaurus entry)
- Dromaeosaurus ( identified as dromaeosaur) (mentioned on pg. 126 in the Velociraptor entry)
- Steropodon (not identified, live-acted by a coati)
- Plesiopleurodon (not identified)
- Deinosuchus (not identified) (mentioned and illustrated on pg. 114 in the Sarcosuchus entry)
- Parksosaurus (not identified)
- Dinilysia (not identified, live-acted by a red-tailed boa)
- Saurophthirus ( identified as a parasite, live-acted by a mite)
- Quetzalcoatlus (mentioned on pg. 121 in the Pteranodon entry)
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
- Hippidion (shown dead, not identified)
- Formicium (identified as ant)
- Eurotamandua (not identified)
The Ballad of Big Al
Chased by Dinosaurs
Sea Monsters
- Halisaurus (identified as mosasaur) (Illustrated on pg. 132 in the Tylosaurus entry)
- Bothriolepis (identified as placoderm)
- Astraspis (shown dead, not identified)
- Squalicorax (identified as shark)