num_pages: 257
description: Based on more than a decade's research in South Africa's Karoo Desert, this remarkable journey of discovery and real-life adventure deep into Earth's history is offered by a renowned scientist. Photo insert.
language: English
title: Gorgon: The Monsters That Ruled the Planet Before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History
titlecomplete: Gorgon: The Monsters That Ruled the Planet Before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History
genres: Geology, Dinosaurs, Biology, History, Science, Palaeontology, Natural History, Nonfiction, Evolution, Memoir
ratings_count: 380
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: Penguin Books