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That's Not a Dinosaur!

It might be large and extinct, but not every ancient creature we unearth is a dinosaur! Explore some of the OTHER amazing prehistoric creatures from the planet's past with these books. #IndyPLAdults #IndyPLSRP2025

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  • Ancient Sea Reptiles

    Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs and More

    Naish, Darren,
    Learn about the prehistoric creatures that ruled the oceans long before the whales we know today.
    Book, 2023Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2023] — 567.937 NAI
  • Vanished Giants

    the Lost World of the Ice Age

    Stuart, Anthony J.,
    Paleontologist Anthony Stuart explores the lives of Ice Age megafauna across five continents. Read this book to learn about our planet during this unique time and understand how Ice Age changes relate to our modern environment.
    Book, 2021Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021. — 560 STU
  • The Last Lost World

    Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene

    Pyne, Lydia
    This book examines the Ice Age as both a past environment and as a cultural idea that shaped new science and changed how we study the history of Earth.
    Book, 2012New York : Viking, 2012. — 551.792 PYN
  • New discoveries have drastically changed what we know about these animals! Researcher and illustrator Gregory S. Paul brings these updates to life with this illustrated guide.
    Book, 2022Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022] — 567.937 PAU
  • End of the Megafauna

    the Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals

    MacPhee, R. D. E.,
    Explore the many theories surrounding the extinction of the giant Ice Age animals that once existed worldwide. Author and paleontologist Ross D.E. MacPhee presents evidence for and against popular theories in this illustrated book.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2019] — 591.41 MAC
  • The Complete Ice Age

    How Climate Change Shaped the World

    This book is a survey of findings, assembled by historian Brian Fagan, collecting the work of three experts in different fields of Ice Age research. Includes photographs, diagrams, and reconstructed scenes.
    Book, 2009London : Thames & Hudson, 2009. — 551.792 COM
  • This guide is aimed at younger readers, but is a great resource for all ages about what life was like for these prehistoric elephant relatives and how scientists who study them learned what they know. It includes photographs of dig sites and…
    Book, 2010New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2010] — J 569.67 BAR
  • Researcher and illustrator Gregory S. Paul has been instrumental in shaping the look of pterosaurs in recent media based on the latest studies. This field guide describes 115 different pterosaur species and features more than 60 skeletal drawings…
    Book, 2022Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022] — 567.918 PAU
  • Woolly

    the True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures

    Mezrich, Ben, 1969-
    This book is a dramatized narrative about geneticist Dr. George Church and his lab's quest to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction. This story of the quest for de-extinction is accessible for those who don't have a background in science,…
    Book, 2017New York : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017. — 591.68 MEZ
  • Prehistoric America

    a Journey Through the Ice Age and Beyond

    Originally written as a companion to the TV series Wild New World, this book provides an illustrated look at the now extinct animals that once inhabited North America. Popular animals like mammoths and saber-toothed cats are featured alongside some…
    Book, 2002New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002] — 560.97 PRE
  • Discovering the Mammoth

    a Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science

    McKay, John J.,
    People around the world, throughout the centuries, came up with their own interpretations of fossilized mammoth bones, making meaning out of them according to their own culture and beliefs. Author John J. McKay uses original documents and…
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2017. — 569.67 MCK