Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated GuideProvides a species-by-species catalog of predatory dinosaurs known to have existed. |
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... giant , big - clawed brontosaurs and the fast - horned ceratopsians were especially dangerous herbivores . It does a predator no good to kill its victim if it itself is mortally wounded in the process . So , the last thing 8 - tonne ...
... giant , big - clawed brontosaurs and the fast - horned ceratopsians were especially dangerous herbivores . It does a predator no good to kill its victim if it itself is mortally wounded in the process . So , the last thing 8 - tonne ...
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... giant Tertiary mam- malian carnivores to have eaten . Differences in metabolic rates do not offer an explanation , since the biggest predatory lizards were about the same size as the biggest mammalian carnivores . Besides , giant warm ...
... giant Tertiary mam- malian carnivores to have eaten . Differences in metabolic rates do not offer an explanation , since the biggest predatory lizards were about the same size as the biggest mammalian carnivores . Besides , giant warm ...
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... giant machines for a minute : 400 - tonne jets fly almost as fast as sound , 500,000 - tonne supertankers plow through storms , and giant earth - moving machines rip up coal seams . Think about the largest wooden sailing ships - these ...
... giant machines for a minute : 400 - tonne jets fly almost as fast as sound , 500,000 - tonne supertankers plow through storms , and giant earth - moving machines rip up coal seams . Think about the largest wooden sailing ships - these ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
CONTENTS | 17 |
LifeStyles of the Big and Powerful and the Small | 27 |
Copyright | |
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Albertosaurus allosaurs AMNH animals ankle antirrhopus Archaeopteryx archosaurs avetheropods avian Avimimus Bakker Barsbold big theropods bigger birdlike birds braincase brontosaurs cannon bone carnivores Ceratosaurus claws Coelophysis crocodilians Dilophosaurus dino dromaeosaurs ectotherms endotherms evolved extinct fauna feathers femur FEMUR LENGTH flight flying forelimbs Formation fossil genus giant gracile head herbivorous herbivorous dinosaurs herrerasaurs hind limbs HIP HEIGHT horn joint Jurassic HORIZON juvenile KILOGRAMMAGE known Lagosuchus Late Cretaceous HORIZON late Late Cretaceous libratus living lizards look lower jaw MAIN ANATOMICAL mammals Megalosaurus metabolic rates Mongolia mongoliensis muscles neck nosaurs Ornithomimus ostrich ostrich-mimics Ostrom Oviraptor paleodinosaurs Paleont paleotheropods predators PREDATORY DINOSAURS preorbital prey primitive probably Protoavis protobirds relative reptiles restorations Russell saurs sickle-claws similar skeletal skeleton SKULL LENGTH slender small theropods smaller snout species specimen speed Spinosaurus tail teeth thecodonts thero theropods things trackways Troodon tyrannosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex upper Velociraptor vertebrae WORLD Туре