Chased by Sea Monsters Prehistoric Predators of the Deep - Book Review

Science News, Feb 28, 2004

NIGEL MARVEN AND JASPER JAMES

Published to accompany a television series of the same title that will be aired this month on The Discovery Channel, this lively, visual book recreates life in the ancient oceans from the Ordovician to the Pliocene. Profiles detailing the behavior and habitats of such vicious sea creatures as the giant megalodon (the biggest flesh-eating shark ever) and the megalograptus (a sea scorpion) paint prehistoric ocean-dwellers as some of the most hostile creatures ever. Reconstructions created for television bring them to life. An opening chapter places the creatures in evolutionary history, whether on their way from the ocean onto land or back the other way. The causes for each species' evolutionary transformations and eventual demise are as carefully related as are the details of the lives of its members. Recommended for age 12 and up. DK, 2003, 167 p., color photos/illus., hardcover, $25.00.

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