Dinosaur and Other Prehistoric Animal FactfinderAn alphabetical guide to 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived. Suggested level: secondary. |
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... Africa , Asia and Europe . The two groups can be told apart because New World monkeys have broad noses with nostrils facing forwards and their tails can grasp branches like a fifth leg . The Old World monkeys have narrow noses and non ...
... Africa , Asia and Europe . The two groups can be told apart because New World monkeys have broad noses with nostrils facing forwards and their tails can grasp branches like a fifth leg . The Old World monkeys have narrow noses and non ...
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... Africa . The oldest ape , Aegyptopithecus , dates from about 30 million years ago , and several lines of apes arose in the Miocene , including Proconsul and Ramapithecus . Indeed , if you had returned to eastern Africa about 10 or 15 ...
... Africa . The oldest ape , Aegyptopithecus , dates from about 30 million years ago , and several lines of apes arose in the Miocene , including Proconsul and Ramapithecus . Indeed , if you had returned to eastern Africa about 10 or 15 ...
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... African Museum , Cape Town , South Africa . ASIA Beijing Natural History Museum , Beijing , China . Geology Museum , Indian Statistical Institute , Calcutta , India . Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology ...
... African Museum , Cape Town , South Africa . ASIA Beijing Natural History Museum , Beijing , China . Geology Museum , Indian Statistical Institute , Calcutta , India . Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology ...
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Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animal Factfinder Dr. Michael Benton,Michael J. Benton No preview available - 1992 |
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Africa Albertosaurus Allosaurus amphibians ancestors ankylosaurs Apatosaurus Archaeopteryx Argentina armour arms arose Asia backbone beak birds body bones bony Brachiosaurus Carboniferous Cenozoic centimetres ceratopsians cheek teeth claw Coelophysis coelurosaurs complete skeleton crest Cretaceous crocodiles deinonychosaurs Deinonychus dinosaurs Diplodocus Dr O. C. Marsh Dryosaurus early Elaphrosaurus elephants England Eocene Europe evolution fingers fish forms fossil giant head hind legs horns huge Hypsilophodon ichthyosaurs Iguanodon infraorder insects Jurassic known Late Cretaceous limbs lived lizards long neck mammal-like reptiles mammals meat-eating dinosaurs metres long million years ago Miocene modern Mongolia Morganucodon Museum named North America Cretaceous O. C. Marsh oldest ornithomimosaurs Ornithomimus ornithopod pachycephalosaurs Permian plant-eaters plants Plateosaurus plates plesiosaurs prehistoric animals primitive probably prosauropods Protoceratops pterosaurs relatives reptile Dr rocks Saurischia sauropods scientists Segnosaurus skull snout South species specimens spines Stegoceras Stegosaurus Struthiomimus suborder Supersaurus toes tooth Triassic Tyrannosaurus vertebrae