The Hot-blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in PalaeontologyDraws upon recent discoveries and research to recount the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, as dominant, warm-blooded animals, and to reassess their intelligence, agility, physiological complexity, and advanced social behavior. |
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Page 86
... early thecodont with the gait of a swift - running ground bird , like the road runner of our south - western states , and you can get a picture of early archosaurian locomotion.5 There can be little doubt that the Late Triassic ...
... early thecodont with the gait of a swift - running ground bird , like the road runner of our south - western states , and you can get a picture of early archosaurian locomotion.5 There can be little doubt that the Late Triassic ...
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... early in the Tertiary large and long - legged ground birds . They were attempting to fill the niche vacated by dinosaurs and thus to succeed them as the dominant land animals . Already by the Early Eocene there was one giant , the seven ...
... early in the Tertiary large and long - legged ground birds . They were attempting to fill the niche vacated by dinosaurs and thus to succeed them as the dominant land animals . Already by the Early Eocene there was one giant , the seven ...
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... early as the Late Triassic the first pterosaurs appeared in the skies . 24 There was , then , but a single origin for endothermy among Mesozoic ' saurians ' , which can be traced to the Early Triassic thecodonts , and this triggered two ...
... early as the Late Triassic the first pterosaurs appeared in the skies . 24 There was , then , but a single origin for endothermy among Mesozoic ' saurians ' , which can be traced to the Early Triassic thecodonts , and this triggered two ...
Contents
The crown of creation | 7 |
The tyrant finds its feet | 29 |
The race is to the swift the battle to the strong | 62 |
Copyright | |
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Allosaurus American Museum ancestors animal appeared aquatic Archaeopteryx avian Bakker beast bipedal birds body bones brain brontosaur Buckland Carnegie carnivores ceratopsians cetiosaur claws coelurosaurs Colbert cold-blooded Cope Cope's creature crest crocodiles Crystal Palace Cuvier Deinonychus dinosaurian dinosaurs Diplodocus discovery dromaeosaurids early earth elephants endothermy energy erect Euparkeria evidence evolution evolved extinct feathers feet long flesh-eaters flying giant Gorgosaurus ground hadrosaurs Hawkins herbivores herds hind legs hind limbs Huxley Hypsilophodon Iguanodon jaws Jurassic Kermack Laelaps lake land late Cretaceous Leidy living lizard London lungs mammals Marsh Megalosaurus Mesozoic metabolism million years ago mosasaur muscles Natural History neck Nopcsa Ornithosuchus Osborn ostrich Ostrom Owen Owen's palaeontologists physiology plant-eaters prey probably pseudosuchian Pteranodon pterodactyls pterosaurs quarry radiation remains reptilian restoration saurians sauropods Seeley skeleton skull species specimen Struthiomimus suggested tail teeth temperature terrestrial thecodonts therapsids Triassic Triceratops Tyrannosaurus vertebrate warm-blooded weight whilst wings