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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... feet high , -nay , large flocks of them , - walking over the muddy surface , followed by many others of analogous character , but of smaller size . Next comes a biped animal , a bird , perhaps , with a foot and heel nearly two feet long ...
... feet high , -nay , large flocks of them , - walking over the muddy surface , followed by many others of analogous character , but of smaller size . Next comes a biped animal , a bird , perhaps , with a foot and heel nearly two feet long ...
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... feet long , occurred at 15 feet intervals , indicating a creature with a huge stride . On the basis of these figures the mysterious erect beast was thought to tower to a height of 35 feet . But the dinosaur itself remains an enigma ...
... feet long , occurred at 15 feet intervals , indicating a creature with a huge stride . On the basis of these figures the mysterious erect beast was thought to tower to a height of 35 feet . But the dinosaur itself remains an enigma ...
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A Revolution in Palaeontology Adrian J. Desmond. little under sixty - five feet long but that , as it turned out , was a gross underestimate . The strange proportions of Diplodocus were immediately ap- parent from Hatcher's restoration ...
A Revolution in Palaeontology Adrian J. Desmond. little under sixty - five feet long but that , as it turned out , was a gross underestimate . The strange proportions of Diplodocus were immediately ap- parent from Hatcher's restoration ...
Contents
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