The book also introduces readers to prehistoric mustelids, a family of carnivores that includes weasels, badgers and wolverines. These ancient mammals were far larger than their modern relatives.

It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan melvillei, a large predatory whale from the Miocene epoch. After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals.

Paleontologists have uncovered a previously unknown prehistoric mammal species ... During the Mesozoic, mammals were generally small-bodied, with the majority comparable in size to shrews, rats ...

After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched ...

The giant fossil skull of an extinct elephant, discovered in northern India’s Kashmir Valley in 2000, sheds light on a poorly ...

Orcas, like all whales, are mammals ... walked on four legs — small deer-like creatures, about the size of a house cat, that ate plants and waded around in prehistoric lagoons over 50 ...