| Description |
255 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Skull collection by Alan Dudley." |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Amphibians. Frogs -- Newts -- Birds. Seabirds -- Birds of prey -- Game birds -- Kingfishers and hornbills -- Toucans and woodpeckers -- Nightjars and swifts -- Cassowaries, ostriches, and rheas -- Owls -- Parrots -- Passerines (perching birds) -- Penguins -- Pigeons -- Wading birds -- Waterbirds -- Fish. Spiny-finned fish -- Piranha and catfish -- Eels -- Codlike fish and frogfish -- Pike -- Bowfish -- Mammals. Aardvarks -- Armadillos -- Bandicoots -- Pangolins -- Bats -- Carnivores -- Egg-laying mammals -- Even-toed ungulates -- Odd-toed ungulates -- Flying lemurs -- Hedgehogs -- Marsupials -- Moles and shrews -- Opossums -- Primates -- Rabbits and hares -- Rodents -- Sloths -- Tenrecs -- Treeshrews -- Hyraxes -- Elephants -- Whales and dolphins -- Reptiles. Crocodiles -- Lizards and snakes -- Turtles. |
| Summary |
Tells the rich and fascinating story of skulls, both human and animal, from every perspective imaginable: historical, biographical, cultural, and iconographic. Presenting details about the parts of the skull (including the cranium, the mandible, the shape and positioning of the eye sockets, and species-specific features like horns, teeth, beaks and bills), information about the science and pseudoscience of skulls, and a look at skulls in religion, art and popular culture, his stories and information are riveting and enlightening. |
| Subject |
Dudley, Alan, 1957-
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Dudley, Alan, 1957- |
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Skull -- Collectors and collecting -- Pictorial works.
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Skull in art -- Pictorial works.
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Skull.
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Skull -- Pictorial works.
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Skull in art.
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Skull in art. (OCoLC)fst01120253
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Skull -- anatomy & histology. (DNLM)D012886Q000033 |
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Vertebrates -- anatomy & histology. (DNLM)D014714Q000033 |
| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Illustrated works.
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Collection. (DNLM)D020471 |
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Pictorial Work. (DNLM)D020495 |
| Added Author |
Mann, Nick, photographer.
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| ISBN |
9781579129125 (hbk.) |
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1579129129 (hbk.) |
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