The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their ExtinctionThe inside story of a scientific heresy that is scandalizing traditional paleontology, told by the unorthodox leader of the dinosaurian heretics and featuring over 200 original black-and-white drawings that show how dinosaurs lived. |
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Page 138
... Diplodocus , on the other hand , was a member of the pencil - toothed family . It was the Diplodocus's mouth that inspired much of the orthodox view of pinheaded , weak- toothed , and therefore sluggish brontosaurs . Compared to Camar ...
... Diplodocus , on the other hand , was a member of the pencil - toothed family . It was the Diplodocus's mouth that inspired much of the orthodox view of pinheaded , weak- toothed , and therefore sluggish brontosaurs . Compared to Camar ...
Page 139
... Diplodocus used its teeth to strip leaves from conifer branches , for example , then the gritty bark could equally have beveled the tips of the teeth . An important clue to the feeding habits of the pencil - toothed brontosaurs is to be ...
... Diplodocus used its teeth to strip leaves from conifer branches , for example , then the gritty bark could equally have beveled the tips of the teeth . An important clue to the feeding habits of the pencil - toothed brontosaurs is to be ...
Page 204
... Diplodocus . The Germans insisted that the Americans had missed the point when they put elephant's legs on a dinosaur . Diplodocus was a genuine reptile , the elephant a genuine mammal , and nature did not mix the two . Tornier , the ...
... Diplodocus . The Germans insisted that the Americans had missed the point when they put elephant's legs on a dinosaur . Diplodocus was a genuine reptile , the elephant a genuine mammal , and nature did not mix the two . Tornier , the ...
Contents
Brontosaurus in the Great Hall | 15 |
Meditation | 29 |
Dinosaurs Score | 75 |
Copyright | |
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