"Ancestral koalas, carnivorous kangaroos, rhinoceros-sized Diprotodons, bizarre 'thingadontans', marsupial lions, primitive bats, toothed baleen whales: The Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution is a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive reference work on the extinct mammals of ancient Australia and New Guinea. " "This book includes: each mammal described in detail; information on discovery, evolution and classification; appearance and behaviour reconstructed from fossil evidence; technical physiological data; extensive bibliography by Alexander Baynes; 60 superb colour reconstructions by Anne Musser; 160 colour photographs; detailed illustrations of skeletal features and tooth structures. "--Jacket.