Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Lizard of Aus
Collection Abbreviations
1. The Pleistocene World
2. The Pleistocene in Australia
3. The Discovery of Megalania
4. Megalania and Other Varanids
5. The Paleobiology of Megalania
6. Why Megalania?
7. Summary: How a Dragon Came to Be
Bibliography
Index

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The story of the top predator of the Australian Ice Age.

About the Author

Ralph E. Molnar was for many years Section Leader for Vertebrate and Invertebrate Palaeontology and Geology and Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology at Queensland Museum in Australia. Now retired, he lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Reviews

"Dragons in the Dust is a fascinating attempt to recover the life and times--4.5 million to about 46,000 years ago--of this giant monitor lizard."--New Scientist, 3 July 2004