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 185
... ( stegosaurs and brontosaurs ) . The Mid and Late Jurassic , when the spike - tailed stegosaurs joined the gigantic Diplodocus , Brachiosaurus , and Brontosaurus . III . The Age of the Low Feeders . The Cretaceous , when all the ...
... ( stegosaurs and brontosaurs ) . The Mid and Late Jurassic , when the spike - tailed stegosaurs joined the gigantic Diplodocus , Brachiosaurus , and Brontosaurus . III . The Age of the Low Feeders . The Cretaceous , when all the ...
Page 229
... stegosaur with the necessary maneuverability to employ its tail club to best advantage ? The solution was found in its unique body proportions and its short but thickly muscled forelegs . Stegosaurs appear ungainly at first sight ...
... stegosaur with the necessary maneuverability to employ its tail club to best advantage ? The solution was found in its unique body proportions and its short but thickly muscled forelegs . Stegosaurs appear ungainly at first sight ...
Page 233
... stegosaurs were designed . The pitted tex- ture of the plates ' basal surface would have provided purchase for some sort of tissue - ligament or muscle - to embrace the plates at the base for about half a foot . Thin bases embedded in ...
... stegosaurs were designed . The pitted tex- ture of the plates ' basal surface would have provided purchase for some sort of tissue - ligament or muscle - to embrace the plates at the base for about half a foot . Thin bases embedded in ...
Contents
Brontosaurus in the Great Hall | 15 |
Meditation | 29 |
Dinosaurs Score | 75 |
Copyright | |
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