Dinosaur Data Book: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric ReptilesJURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD, toy figures, and a major exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York are a few examples of dinosaur popularity. DINOSAUR DATA BOOK is an illustrated book of facts, newly updated for 1998 to include recent fossil discoveries in China, plus additional material on dinosaurs in popular media. |
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... Ceratopsians Horned dinosaurs and their kin SUBORDER Ceratopsia ORDER Ornithischia . See also Chapter 3 . Ceratopsids The family Ceratopsidae SUBORDER Ceratopsia ORDER Ornithischia . See also Chapter 3 . Ceratosaurs " horned lizards ...
... Ceratopsians Horned dinosaurs and their kin SUBORDER Ceratopsia ORDER Ornithischia . See also Chapter 3 . Ceratopsids The family Ceratopsidae SUBORDER Ceratopsia ORDER Ornithischia . See also Chapter 3 . Ceratosaurs " horned lizards ...
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... Ceratopsia ORDER Ornithischia TIME Late Cretaceous PLACE China ( Inner Mongolia ) and Mongolia DESCRIPTION Four - legged plant - eater 6ft ( 1.8m ) long with big head , parrotlike beak , shearing cheek teeth , broad bony neck frill ...
... Ceratopsia ORDER Ornithischia TIME Late Cretaceous PLACE China ( Inner Mongolia ) and Mongolia DESCRIPTION Four - legged plant - eater 6ft ( 1.8m ) long with big head , parrotlike beak , shearing cheek teeth , broad bony neck frill ...
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... Ceratopsia ( " horned faces " ) The horned dinosaurs : bipedal and four - legged plant - eaters with a tall narrow snout like a parrot's beak , and a triangular skull seen from above , with a bony frill at the back . Many were built ...
... Ceratopsia ( " horned faces " ) The horned dinosaurs : bipedal and four - legged plant - eaters with a tall narrow snout like a parrot's beak , and a triangular skull seen from above , with a bony frill at the back . Many were built ...
Contents
THE AGE OF DINOSAURS | 11 |
Chapter 5 | 29 |
THE A TO Z OF DINOSAURS | 54 |
Copyright | |
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Dinosaur Encyclopedia: The Definitive, Fully Illustrated Encyclopedia of ... David Lambert No preview available - 1990 |
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213 Triassic Jurassic Allosauridae Allosaurus Ankylosauria Ankylosauria ORDER Ornithischia areas of fossil bipedal Brachiosauridae Camptosaurus Carnosauria Carnosauria SUBORDER Theropoda Ceratopsia Cetiosauridae cheek teeth China DESCRIPTION claws Coelophysids Coelurosauria Coelurosauria SUBORDER Theropoda Deinonychosauria DESCRIPTION Four-legged plant-eater DESCRIPTION Small DESCRIPTION Two-legged dinosaurs Diplodocidae Early Cretaceous PLACE Early Jurassic PLACE former name fossil finds Hadrosauridae hadrosaurs Heterodontosaurids hypsilophodontids Identity doubtful INFRAORDER INFRAORDER Carnosauria SUBORDER INFRAORDER Coelurosauria SUBORDER INFRAORDER Sauropoda SUBORDER jaws Late Cretaceous PLACE Late Jurassic PLACE Late Triassic PLACE lived Major areas lizard long neck Megalosauridae Million years ago neck and tail Nodosauridae Ornithischia TIME Early Ornithischia TIME Late ornithomimids Ornithomimosauria Ornithopoda Ornithopoda ORDER Ornithischia Pachycephalosauria plant-eater prosauropod reptiles Saurischia TIME Early Saurischia TIME Late sauropod Sauropoda SUBORDER Sauropodomorpha Sauropodomorpha Sauropodomorpha ORDER Saurischia skull Stegosauria SUBORDER Ankylosauria ORDER SUBORDER Ornithopoda ORDER SUBORDER Sauropodomorpha ORDER SUBORDER Theropoda ORDER thecodonts Theropoda ORDER Saurischia toothless beak Triassic Jurassic MESOZOIC two-legged flesh-eater two-legged predator USA DESCRIPTION