Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World

300 million years ago, dog-sized scorpions and millipedes walked the earth and tropical rainforests towered into the sky. George R. McGhee Jr. explores that ancient world, explaining its origins, its downfall in the end-Permian mass extinction, and its legacies. This comprehensive book provides a wealth of insights into past and present extinction events and climate change.