A Field Guide to DinosaursIllustrated guide presents information on the identification of specific kinds of dinosaurs and discusses their behavior, evolution, extinction, fossilization, discovery and display. |
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WHAT WERE THE DINOSAURS? 12 Introduction | 12 |
The dinosaurs diversity | 14 |
Their bony framework | 16 |
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Africa Alberta Allosaurus ancestors animals ankylosaurs Apatosaurus Argentina armored dinosaurs arms Asia backbone beasts bird-hipped birds boneheads bony studs brachiosaurids Camarasaurus Camptosaurids carnosaurs ceratopsids Cetiosaurids cheek teeth China claws Coelophysis coelurid coelurosaurs Cretaceous Period described DIAGRAM dinosaurs diplodocid Diplodocus dromaeosaurids duckbills Early Cretaceous Early Jurassic Edmontosaurus eggs England evolved fingers flesh-eating dinosaurs fossil bones fossil dinosaurs fossil finds frill hadrosaurids head hind limbs horned dinosaurs Hypsilophodon hypsilophodontids Iguanodon iguanodontid jaws Jurassic Period jutting known Late Cretaceous Late Jurassic Late Triassic legs Length lived in Late lizard mammals map shows megalosaurid Mesozoic million years ago Mongolia Museum of Natural named Natural History nodosaurids North America ornithischians ornithopods ostrich dinosaurs Place plant-eating plates probably prosauropods Protoceratops reptiles rocks saurischians sauropods scientists short skeleton skin skull slim snout South southern spines Spinosaurus stegosaurid thecodonts theropods thigh bone Titanosaurids toes tonnes tooth toothless beak Triassic Period Triceratops Tyrannosaurus vertebrae