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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... stegosaurs ( see pages 28- 29 ) , the bipedal , or two - legged , plant eaters ( see pages 30-31 ) , and new small meat eaters ( see pages 32-33 ) . DINOSAUR RACE : The late Jurassic rocks in parts of Utah and Colorado contain some of ...
... stegosaurs ( see pages 28- 29 ) , the bipedal , or two - legged , plant eaters ( see pages 30-31 ) , and new small meat eaters ( see pages 32-33 ) . DINOSAUR RACE : The late Jurassic rocks in parts of Utah and Colorado contain some of ...
Page 28
... stegosaurs . These animals had rows of bony plates or spikes on their backs and tails . The Stegosaurus ( " roof reptile " ) had leaf - shaped plates sticking up from its back . There is some disagreement about whether the plates ...
... stegosaurs . These animals had rows of bony plates or spikes on their backs and tails . The Stegosaurus ( " roof reptile " ) had leaf - shaped plates sticking up from its back . There is some disagreement about whether the plates ...
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... stegosaur gallery : Stegosaurus ( top left ) , Tuojiangosaurus ( top right ) , Kentrosaurus ( bottom right ) , Lexovisaurus ( middle ) , and Dacentrurus ( bottom left ) . The best - known stegosaur , Stegosaurus , as a mounted skeleton ...
... stegosaur gallery : Stegosaurus ( top left ) , Tuojiangosaurus ( top right ) , Kentrosaurus ( bottom right ) , Lexovisaurus ( middle ) , and Dacentrurus ( bottom left ) . The best - known stegosaur , Stegosaurus , as a mounted skeleton ...
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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