32
Arthropleura, 22–23, 28
beavers, 16–17
Beelzebufo, 24–25, 28
Big Foot, 30
capybara, 10
Castoroides, 16–17, 29
Deinogalerix, 14–15, 28
dinosaurs, 6–7, 24
dragonflies, 6, 14, 20–21
dwarf elephant, 7, 18–19,
29
elephant bird, 7, 26–27,
29
eoraptor, 6
fossils, 22, 28, 30–31
fossil tools, 31
frogs, 24–25, 28
giant devil frog, 24–25, 28
Gigantopithecus, 30
Hallucigenia, 6
hedgehogs, 14–15
hunting fossils, 31
Ichthyosaurus, 31
Josephoartigasia, 10–11,
17, 29
Komodo dragon, 12, 29
lizard, 12–13, 29
Komodo dragon, 12, 29
Megalania, 12–13, 29
mammals, 7, 12, 14, 20,
24, 29
Megalania, 12–13, 29
Meganeura, 20–21, 28
millipedes, 6, 20, 22–23,
28
paleontologists, 30–31
rodents, 7, 10–11, 17
sea creatures, 6, 31
Titanoboa, 8–9, 28
Yeti, 30
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The Author
Matthew Rake lives in London, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in
publishing for more than twenty years. He has written on a wide variety of topics
for adults as well as children, including science, sports, and the arts.
The Illustrator
Award-winning illustrator Simon Mendez combines his love of nature and drawing
by working as an illustrator with a focus on scientific and natural subjects. He
paints on a wide variety of themes but mainly concentrates on portraits and
animal subjects. He lives in the United Kingdom.