ABANDONED. Book about prehistoric sea life with a display about convergent evolution with a shark, a dolphin, and an Icthyosaur, and some gars/piranhas/salmon. Lots of trilobites and a diagram of geologic time as well.

[Luke]

This was a pretty small, somewhat square and hardcover book if I remember correctly? It was full of wacky drawings, including a cartoon saying something along the lines of "if Opabinia was our ancestor," a picture of prehistoric sea life as fishing catches, a display with strange prehistoric sharks, some pictures of Helocoprion discussing different interpretations of its jaw, a display about convergent evolution with a shark, a dolphin, and an Icthyosaur, and some gars/piranhas/salmon. Lots of trilobites and a diagram of geologic time as well. I really want to find this, but have no idea how I can (I can't find any of the artwork on google images, and only remember the general topic and some physical/artistic characteristics. With the information I have, I'm not finding it in the catalog of the library I used to get it from. Last read around 2010?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

What age is it aimed at? Did it seem old or new when you read it?

[Tab]

Planet Ocean: A Story of Life, the Sea, and Dancing to the Fossil Record by Bradford Matsen fits.

You can see the inside of the book on OpenLibrary
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL10816...

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Luke, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Kris]

No response, moving to Abandoned folder.

Luke (OP) was last active on the site in July 2018.