The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives

Title The big cats and their fossil relatives: an illustrated guide to their evolution and natural history

Authors Alan Turner, Mauricio Antón

Illustrated by Mauricio Antón Edition illustrated

Publisher Columbia University Press, 1997

ISBN 0231102283, 9780231102285

Length 234 pages

Synopsis

In this beautifully illustrated natural history that links extinct larger feline species with those still in existence, collaborators Alan Turner and Mauricio Antón weave together the evidence of modern feline behavior with that of the fossil record. Turner's clear, insightful prose and Anton's masterly illustrations combine to offer specialists and newcomers alike an accurate and accessible guide to the evolution of cats.

Voted Best Book on Prehistoric Animals of 1997 by the readers of Prehistoric

Biography

Mauricio Antón is an artist and scientific illustrator based at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. His work has appeared in numerous scientific publications, including the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Alan Turner is a paleontologist and reader in vertebrate paleontology in the School of Biological and Earth Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University and is a former senior c