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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... Supersaurus . It may have had an armour of little bone plates ( 1 to 3 centimetres across ) sunk into its skin . This name was given by Gideon Mantell ( who also named Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus ) in 1850 to a partial arm bone found in ...
... Supersaurus . It may have had an armour of little bone plates ( 1 to 3 centimetres across ) sunk into its skin . This name was given by Gideon Mantell ( who also named Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus ) in 1850 to a partial arm bone found in ...
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... Supersaurus may have been one of the largest dinosaurs known . The bones of Supersaurus were discovered in 1972 , and they clearly belonged to an animal like Brachiosaurus . However , they were much bigger . There is no complete ...
... Supersaurus may have been one of the largest dinosaurs known . The bones of Supersaurus were discovered in 1972 , and they clearly belonged to an animal like Brachiosaurus . However , they were much bigger . There is no complete ...
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... Supersaurus , 1 measuring up to 30.5 metres long . Like Supersaurus it was a relative of Brachiosaurus ; this can be worked out on the basis of the few bones that have been found so far . It has been estimated that , if Brachiosaurus ...
... Supersaurus , 1 measuring up to 30.5 metres long . Like Supersaurus it was a relative of Brachiosaurus ; this can be worked out on the basis of the few bones that have been found so far . It has been estimated that , if Brachiosaurus ...
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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