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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... armour to protect it from the sabre - toothed ' cats ' of South America , such as Smilodon . The armour was made from irregular circular plates of bone that fitted together closely like a mosaic . There was also a patch of armour on top ...
... armour to protect it from the sabre - toothed ' cats ' of South America , such as Smilodon . The armour was made from irregular circular plates of bone that fitted together closely like a mosaic . There was also a patch of armour on top ...
Page 115
... armour plates and spines . Hylaeosaurus is known from partial skeletons , but its armour is more often found . Hylaeosaurus was about 6 metres long . It had an armour of spines that stuck out sideways and upwards along the back and tail ...
... armour plates and spines . Hylaeosaurus is known from partial skeletons , but its armour is more often found . Hylaeosaurus was about 6 metres long . It had an armour of spines that stuck out sideways and upwards along the back and tail ...
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... armour was made from rectangles of bone shaped like playing cards that were pegs . This bony armour may have been necessary to prevent attacks by the large and active meat - eaters of the time , such as Ticinosuchus . It is clear that ...
... armour was made from rectangles of bone shaped like playing cards that were pegs . This bony armour may have been necessary to prevent attacks by the large and active meat - eaters of the time , such as Ticinosuchus . It is clear that ...
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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