DinosaursSurveys the world of prehistoric life before and after the dinosaurs and gives alphabetically arranged descriptions of dinosaur species, from Acanthopholis to Zephyrosaurus. |
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... dinosaurs were common in North America . dinosaurs and gave them their names : Tyrannosaurus , Triceratops , Anatosaurus , Corythosaurus , and Ankylosaurus . In the 20th century , scientists seeking more information about late Cretaceous ...
... dinosaurs were common in North America . dinosaurs and gave them their names : Tyrannosaurus , Triceratops , Anatosaurus , Corythosaurus , and Ankylosaurus . In the 20th century , scientists seeking more information about late Cretaceous ...
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Michael J. Benton, Ellen Weiss. The Ostrich Dinosaurs TH wo groups of meat - eating dinosaurs rose to importance in the late Cretaceous : the ornithomimosaurs ( " bird - mimics " ) and the oviraptorosaurs ( " egg - stealers " ) . Both ...
Michael J. Benton, Ellen Weiss. The Ostrich Dinosaurs TH wo groups of meat - eating dinosaurs rose to importance in the late Cretaceous : the ornithomimosaurs ( " bird - mimics " ) and the oviraptorosaurs ( " egg - stealers " ) . Both ...
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Michael J. Benton, Ellen Weiss. The Duckbills n the late Cretaceous , an amazing group of I ornithopods called hadrosaurs , or duck - billed dinosaurs , took the stage . There were dozens of species worldwide , although most have been ...
Michael J. Benton, Ellen Weiss. The Duckbills n the late Cretaceous , an amazing group of I ornithopods called hadrosaurs , or duck - billed dinosaurs , took the stage . There were dozens of species worldwide , although most have been ...
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13 feet long Africa Alberta Allosaurus animals ankylosaurs armored dinosaurs Avimimus backbone Baryonyx beak bird bird-hipped bony plates Brachiosaurus Camarasaurus Camptosaurus ceratopsian Coelophysis complete skeleton crest Cretaceous World Deinonychus dinosaur bones diplodocid Dryosaurus duckbills early Cretaceous early dinosaurs early Jurassic earth Euoplocephalus Excavation Family fossils found in Mongolia Ghost Ranch giant hadrosaurs head herds Heterodontosaurus hind legs hip bones horns huge Hypsilophodon hypsilophodontids Iguanodon iguanodontids Infraorder jaws large meat eaters late Cretaceous late Cretaceous dinosaurs late Jurassic layer lightly built lightweight limb lived lizard Massospondylus meat-eating dinosaurs middle Jurassic million years ago Mongolia Museum named North America oldest Opisthocoelicaudia ornithischian ornithomimosaurs ornithopods ostrich dinosaur pachycephalosaurs plant eaters plant-eating dinosaurs Plateosaurus prosauropods Protoceratops Psittacosaurus pterosaurs Reconstruction reptile rocks saurischians sauropods scientists sediments showing slashing claw small dinosaur snout Solnhofen southern England species spikes spines stegosaurs Struthiomimus tail club Tarbosaurus teeth theropods thumb claw Torosaurus Triassic Triceratops turtles Tyrannosaurus vertebrae Weald