National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals takes you on a prehistoric journey through time to visit some of the most amazing creatures to ever walk the Earth. See how mammals evolved from the time of the dinosaurs to the days of early humans. Learn what they ate, where they roamed, and how they took over the world that the dinosaurs left behind. When dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago, another group of animals began to achieve world dominance: the mammals. During the reign of the dinosaurs, mammals kept a low profile. They had evolved at about the same time as the dinosaurs, but were tiny shrew-like animals. Then, at the end of the Mesozoic Era, with the dinosaurs out of the way, mammals began to take over. The Cenozoic Era, which immediately followed the Mesozoic and continues today, is also known as the Age of Mammals. Mammals grew more diverse, many of them becoming larger. And they grew more intelligent, culminating (we like to think) in the evolution of the human race. This book tells the story of prehistoric mammals, including early humans, and features more than 100 profiles. The profiles range from sabre-tooth cats and woolly mammoths to less well-known but no less interesting mammals such as the pig-like entelodonts. Humans are represented by the main species from Australopithecus to Homo sapiens. Each profile features a full reconstruction and other illustrations, describes how the species lived, and provides details of its habitat, fossil finds, when it lived, and much more. The fascinating creatures pop from the pages-from the wolf-like Andrewsarchus, the giant meat-eater whose teeth could crush bone, to the enormous ground sloth called Megatherium. Readers will befascinated to learn which mammals became fully extinct and which ones evolved into the more familiar creatures we know today. And they'll be fascinated by the world their ancestors lived in, with these strange giant neighbors lurking right around the corner

艾倫·特納（Alan Turner），是一位古脊椎動物學教授，國際領先古生物學傢和暢銷童書作傢。

毛利西奧·安東（Mauricio Anton），古生物學藝術傢，供職於馬德裏自然科學博物館。其作品受到《國傢地理》和《自然史》等眾多國際知名雜誌的使用，與BBC探索頻道也有深入閤作，曾攜手探索頻道拍攝“與史前野獸同行”係列節目。

邢立達，1982年生於廣東潮州。自幼喜歡恐龍，隨同國內著名恐龍學者——董枝明教授前往雲南野外挖掘恐龍。邢立達前後在常州中華恐龍園擔任科研科普部負責人，成都地質學院（成都理工大學）地層古生物係碩士進修，中國祿豐恐龍研究中心挖掘與研究化石，北京中國地質科學院地質研究所，並最終來到瞭加拿大阿爾伯塔大學生物科學係，師從著名古生物學傢Philip J. Currie，為古生物學方嚮研究生。編寫、翻譯過多本恐龍類書籍。