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to Early Cretaceous) palynoflora of India: its correlation with other Gondwana continents and phytogeographical implications /

Shreya Mishra and Vandana Prasad --

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A third, remarkably small, Triosphenic mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia / Thomas H. Rich, Peter Trusler, Lesley Kool, David Pickering, Alistair Evans, Karen Siu, Anton Maksimenko, Martin Kundrat, Neil J. Gostling, Steven Morton, and Patricia Vickers-Rich --

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Evidence for a remarkably large toothed-monotreme from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia /

Thomas H. Rich, Timothy F. Flannery, and Patricia Vickers-Rich --

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Role of plate tectonics and global climate change in the evolution of angiosperms /

Vandama Prasad, Shreya Mishra, Ashish K. Mishra, and Mahi Bansal --

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Anuran Lissamphibian and Squamate reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Deccan intertrappean sites in central India, with a review of Lissamphibian and Squamate diversity in the northward drifting Indian Plate /

Jean-Claude Rage, Guntupalli V. R. Prasad, Omkar Verma, Ashu Khosla, and Varun Parmar --

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Chelonian Pelomedusoides remains from the Late Cretaceous of Upparhatti (southwestern India): systematics and paleobiogeographical implications /

France de Lapparent de Broin and Guntupalli V. R. Prasad --

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The age of dinosaurs in the land of Gonds /

Sankar Chatterjee --

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Leaving Gondwana: the changing position of the Indian subcontinent in the global faunal network /

Thomas J. D. Halliday, Patricia A. Holroyd, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Guntupalli V. R. Parasad, Agustín Scanferla, Robin M. D. Beck, David W. Krause, and Anjali Goswami --

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Island Africa and vertebrate evolution: a review of data and working hypotheses /

Jean-Claude Rage and Emmanuel Gheerbrant --

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Contrasting biomarker signatures of Cretaceous and Early Paleogene coal-bearing sediments during the northward flight of India /

Swagata Paul and Suryendu Dutta --

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New specimens of Frugivastodon (Mammalia: Apatotheria) from the Early Eocene of India confirm its Apatemyid status and elucidate dispersal of Apatemyidae /

Floréal Solé, Eric De Bast, Hélène Legendre, Rajendra S. Rana, Kishor Kumar, Kenneth D. Rose, and Thierry Smith --

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Size variation amongst the non-volant mammals from the Early Eocene Cambay Shale deposits of western India: paleobiogeographic implications /

Vivesh V. Kapur --

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Indohyus, endemic radiation of Raoellid Artiodactyls in the Eocene of India and Pakistan /

J. G. M. Thewissen, A. C. Nanda, and Sunil Bahpal --

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The Murine cradle /

Lawrence J. Flynn, Yuri Kimura, and Louis L. Jacobs --

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New data on the Siwalik Murines, Rhizomyines and Ctenodactylines (Rodentia) from the Indian subcontinent /

Rajeev Patnaik --

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Dispersal of Miocene Hominoids (and Pliopithecoids) from Africa to Eurasia in light of changing tectonics and climate / Christopher C. GIlbert, Kelsey D. Pugh, And John G. Fleagle --

Index.

our oceans / Andrew Ross -- ch. 5 The oceans and our climate / Andrew Lenton -- ch. 6 The oceans and our lives / Amar Doshi -- ch. 7 The blue economy / Samantha Paredes -- ch. 8 Governance of Australian seas and oceans / Marcus Haward -- SECTION 2 SCIENCE AND OCEAN USE -- ch. 9 Fisheries and aquaculture / Nigel Preston -- ch. 10 Energy from Australia's marine estate / Andrew Ross -- ch. 11 Coastal development / Mat Vanderklift -- ch. 12 Operational oceanography - security, safety, transport, search and rescue / Andreas Schiller -- ch. 13 Ocean pollution - risks, costs and consequences / Chris Wilcox -- ch. 14 Tools and technologies for ocean observation / Andreas Marouchos -- ch. 15 Managing multiple uses of our oceans / Marcus Haward -- Contents note continued: SECTION 3 FUTURE OCEANS SCIENCE -- ch. 16 Changes and challenges for future generations / James Innes -- ch. 17 Ocean changes to come / Matt Chamberlain -- ch. 18 Future technologies / Levente Bodrossy -- ch. 19 Conclusion / Bruce Mapstone.

Strait Mutton-Birds -- 6.Saving Australia's Threatened Species -- 7.Giving New Life to the Babbler -- 8.A Multicoloured Mob of Angels -- 9.The East Coast Mafia: Masked and Dangerous -- 10.Magpies: Mozarts of the Bush (One) -- 11.Magpies: Mozarts of the Bush (Two) -- 12.Selfish Genes and Cooperative Breeders -- 13.Lyrebirds: A Scratch and Scramble Life (One) -- 14.Lyrebirds: A Scratch and Scramble Life (Two) -- 15.Corvids: The Smartest Birds of All -- 16.The Clever Birds People Like to Eat -- 17.Songbirds: Australia's Gift to the World -- 18.The Origins and the Future of Birds -- 19.Tackling the Extinction Threat.

dreaming - the Sydney nightmare -- Liquid assets - who owns the rain -- Breathing space -- The ties that bind -- Survival technology.

and symbols -- Species accounts -- Checklist of species.

-- 5 Refugia 37 -- 6 Stranded on a desert island 46 -- 7 Climbing up a flat lake 52 -- 8 Cameras can lie! 64 -- 9 Giant white bees 77 -- 10 Ducks in the desert 84 -- 11 DUCKOFF 95 -- Part Three Scales and tails -- 12 Life on the moon 107 -- 13 Taipan country 121 -- 14 How long have you got? 128 -- 15 The climatic tightrope 141 -- Part Four If critters could talk -- 16 27km NE ofLyndhurst 157 -- 17 Buckets of frogs 168 -- 18 Outback canaries 177 -- Part Five Whose outback is it? -- 19 Who's shittin'who? 191 -- 20 Soft lighting 207 -- 21 Treading lightly 216 -- 22 Cherish or perish 223 -- 23 Gengelopes 237 -- Part Six Fighting off the ferals -- 24 More than meets the eye 257 -- 25 Tracks in the sand 267 -- 26 Cobwebs in crevices 277 -- 27 Who's responsible? 288 -- 28 Looking forward to the past 295.