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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... Endothermy had not evolved independently in these two groups , but only once in the ancestral dinosaur stock . As a corollary , of course , the certainty of warm- bloodedness in birds strengthens the case for the same in dinosaurs ...
... Endothermy had not evolved independently in these two groups , but only once in the ancestral dinosaur stock . As a corollary , of course , the certainty of warm- bloodedness in birds strengthens the case for the same in dinosaurs ...
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... endothermy itself demanded an enlarged brain . Controlling a warm - blooded physiology requires only a very small area of the hypothalamus - dinosaurs could be endotherms even with diminutive brains . Similarly , therapsids probably ...
... endothermy itself demanded an enlarged brain . Controlling a warm - blooded physiology requires only a very small area of the hypothalamus - dinosaurs could be endotherms even with diminutive brains . Similarly , therapsids probably ...
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... endothermy , 121 , 149 , 194 , 202 Sleep , in brontosaurs 133 Smell , sense of 53-4 , 129 , 133 Smilodon 81 Smith Woodward , Sir A. 221 Smithsonian Institution , Washington 40 Snake 32 , 185 , 193 , 198 Snorkelling theory , hadrosaur 52 ...
... endothermy , 121 , 149 , 194 , 202 Sleep , in brontosaurs 133 Smell , sense of 53-4 , 129 , 133 Smilodon 81 Smith Woodward , Sir A. 221 Smithsonian Institution , Washington 40 Snake 32 , 185 , 193 , 198 Snorkelling theory , hadrosaur 52 ...
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The crown of creation | 7 |
The tyrant finds its feet | 29 |
The race is to the swift the battle to the strong | 62 |
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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