Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures"This book is an illustrated guide to the awesome animals that ruled our planet millions of years ago. Find out about the very first dinosaurs and their ancestors, the giant herbivores, the fierce meat-eaters and the reptiles that ruled the seas and skies. And read about the amazing quest of the fossil hunters who have gradually revealed a hidden world."-back cover. |
Contents
CHAPTER FOUR | 101 |
PLATED DINOSAURS STEGOSAURS 3 | 108 |
HORNED DINOSAURS CERATOPSIANS 2 | 120 |
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150 million 3ft 3in 6ft 6in Acanthostega adult Africa ago Asia ago Europe ago North America amphibians animal ankylosaurs armored back legs backbone Baryonyx birds body bone-headed bones bony beak Camarasaurus chewing teeth claws crest Cretaceous Cretaceous Period crocodiles Deinonychus Diet Dimorphodon dinosaurs diplodocid Diplodocus eggs Elasmosaurus evolved feet fingers fish flippers fossils giant grew Habitat hadrosaurs herbivore herds heterodontosaurs horns hypsilophodont ichthyosaurs Iguanodon inside jaws Jurassic Jurassic period known land Late Cretaceous Late Jurassic Leaellynasaura lived lizards long neck mammal-like reptiles mammals meat-eating dinosaurs million years ago mosasaurs mya Asia mya Europe mya North America mya South North America Length nothosaurs ornithopods Oviraptor packed Permian plant-eating dinosaur plants plesiosaurs pliosaurs predator prey probably prosauropods pterodactyls pterosaurs rock sauropods scientists sharp teeth short skeleton skin skull snout spines Stegoceras stegosaurs tail titanosaurs toes toothless trees Triassic turtles Tyrannosaurus vegetation walked wing span