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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... ORDER Saurischia . Main entry in Chapter 3 . Abelisaurus " Abel's lizard " FAMILY Abelisauridae INFRAORDER ... Sauropodomorpha ORDER Saurischia TIME Late Cretaceous PLACE northern Africa DESCRIPTION A sauropod estimated to have reached a ...
... ORDER Saurischia . Main entry in Chapter 3 . Abelisaurus " Abel's lizard " FAMILY Abelisauridae INFRAORDER ... Sauropodomorpha ORDER Saurischia TIME Late Cretaceous PLACE northern Africa DESCRIPTION A sauropod estimated to have reached a ...
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... Sauropoda SUBORDER Sauropodomorpha ORDER Saurischia TIME Middle Jurassic PLACE Junggar Basin , northwest China DESCRIPTION Very small sauropod about 16ft ( 5m ) long with relatively short neck and tail , and evidently small , deep head ...
... Sauropoda SUBORDER Sauropodomorpha ORDER Saurischia TIME Middle Jurassic PLACE Junggar Basin , northwest China DESCRIPTION Very small sauropod about 16ft ( 5m ) long with relatively short neck and tail , and evidently small , deep head ...
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... ORDER Saurischia TIME Late Cretaceous PLACE northwest and south China DESCRIPTION Large two - legged flesh - eater ... Sauropodomorpha ORDER Saurischia TIME Early Jurassic PLACE Kinsha - kiang ( upper Yangtze River ) southern China ...
... ORDER Saurischia TIME Late Cretaceous PLACE northwest and south China DESCRIPTION Large two - legged flesh - eater ... Sauropodomorpha ORDER Saurischia TIME Early Jurassic PLACE Kinsha - kiang ( upper Yangtze River ) southern China ...
Contents
THE AGE OF DINOSAURS | 11 |
Chapter 5 | 29 |
THE A TO Z OF DINOSAURS | 54 |
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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