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 98
... Mesozoic , the dino- saurs supplied mid - sized predators that must have continuously confronted the Mesozoic Mammalia . These small , mammal - hunting dinosaurs were far too little to reap the theoretical benefits of big body size in ...
... Mesozoic , the dino- saurs supplied mid - sized predators that must have continuously confronted the Mesozoic Mammalia . These small , mammal - hunting dinosaurs were far too little to reap the theoretical benefits of big body size in ...
Page 226
... MESOZOIC ARMS RACE Humans are one of the least armored products of evolution . Perhaps our own defenseless hide renders the apparently bi- zarre armor plate sported by three great clans of beaked dino- saurs the Stegosauria , the ...
... MESOZOIC ARMS RACE Humans are one of the least armored products of evolution . Perhaps our own defenseless hide renders the apparently bi- zarre armor plate sported by three great clans of beaked dino- saurs the Stegosauria , the ...
Page 282
... Mesozoic forests when they rested from the day's hunt . The construction of pterodactyl's hind limbs also proves that all its body mechanics - not the front limbs alone - were subser- vient to its flying organs . Pterodactyl's thighs ...
... Mesozoic forests when they rested from the day's hunt . The construction of pterodactyl's hind limbs also proves that all its body mechanics - not the front limbs alone - were subser- vient to its flying organs . Pterodactyl's thighs ...
Contents
Brontosaurus in the Great Hall | 15 |
Meditation | 29 |
Dinosaurs Score | 75 |
Copyright | |
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The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs ... Robert T. Bakker No preview available - 1996 |
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