Dinosaurs Rediscovered: New Findings which are Revolutionizing Dinosaur ScienceFrom dinosaurs smaller than chickens to the biggest beasts ever to walk the Earth, here is the exciting story of recent discoveries about dinosaurs and the scientists who made them. Informal and informative.--The Boston Globe. Lessem wrote and hosted a recent Nova series on dinosaurs. Photos and drawings. |
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... creatures of the day , the ancestors of modern mammals . Among the other giant browsers were dicynodonts as large as ... creature , three feet in length , stood tall on hind legs , flashing sharp teeth in a powerful , gaping jaw . It was ...
... creatures of the day , the ancestors of modern mammals . Among the other giant browsers were dicynodonts as large as ... creature , three feet in length , stood tall on hind legs , flashing sharp teeth in a powerful , gaping jaw . It was ...
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... creature " Protoavis , " or " first bird . ” Formal naming had to await peer recognition of his published scientific ... creatures that lived even earlier , before the advent of dinosaurs . " I would be quite happy to have someone find a ...
... creature " Protoavis , " or " first bird . ” Formal naming had to await peer recognition of his published scientific ... creatures that lived even earlier , before the advent of dinosaurs . " I would be quite happy to have someone find a ...
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... creatures and some mammal - like reptiles . All of these holdovers from the Late Triassic were small , dinosaurs included , typically less than three feet long . But if little dinosaurs and other small creatures were surviving in Nova ...
... creatures and some mammal - like reptiles . All of these holdovers from the Late Triassic were small , dinosaurs included , typically less than three feet long . But if little dinosaurs and other small creatures were surviving in Nova ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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