The Hot-blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in PalaeontologyDraws upon recent discoveries and research to recount the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, as dominant, warm-blooded animals, and to reassess their intelligence, agility, physiological complexity, and advanced social behavior. |
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... Laelaps aquilunguis for the beast of prey . ( In Greek mythology , Laelaps was a fleet - footed dog given by the goddess Diana to the youth Cephalus , who loved to hunt . While giving chase one day Laelaps was turned to stone by the ...
... Laelaps aquilunguis for the beast of prey . ( In Greek mythology , Laelaps was a fleet - footed dog given by the goddess Diana to the youth Cephalus , who loved to hunt . While giving chase one day Laelaps was turned to stone by the ...
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... Laelaps bore the same name as at least two other creatures . Since these had been named at least thirty years earlier , they had priority . According to the rules governing name - giving , ' Laelaps ' would have to be changed , and ...
... Laelaps bore the same name as at least two other creatures . Since these had been named at least thirty years earlier , they had priority . According to the rules governing name - giving , ' Laelaps ' would have to be changed , and ...
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... Laelaps attacks a Hadrosaurus , while two other Laelaps squabble over a corpse . In the foreground skulks the snake - necked Elasmosaurus . Giant armadillos and ground sloths are visible on the right . The Museum was to have been a ...
... Laelaps attacks a Hadrosaurus , while two other Laelaps squabble over a corpse . In the foreground skulks the snake - necked Elasmosaurus . Giant armadillos and ground sloths are visible on the right . The Museum was to have been a ...
Contents
The crown of creation | 7 |
The tyrant finds its feet | 29 |
The race is to the swift the battle to the strong | 62 |
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Allosaurus American Museum ancestors animal appeared aquatic Archaeopteryx avian Bakker beast bipedal birds body bones brain brontosaur Buckland Carnegie carnivores ceratopsians cetiosaur claws coelurosaurs Colbert cold-blooded Cope Cope's creature crest crocodiles Crystal Palace Cuvier Deinonychus dinosaurian dinosaurs Diplodocus discovery dromaeosaurids early earth elephants endothermy energy erect Euparkeria evidence evolution evolved extinct feathers feet long flesh-eaters flying giant Gorgosaurus ground hadrosaurs Hawkins herbivores herds hind legs hind limbs Huxley Hypsilophodon Iguanodon jaws Jurassic Kermack Laelaps lake land late Cretaceous Leidy living lizard London lungs mammals Marsh Megalosaurus Mesozoic metabolism million years ago mosasaur muscles Natural History neck Nopcsa Ornithosuchus Osborn ostrich Ostrom Owen Owen's palaeontologists physiology plant-eaters prey probably pseudosuchian Pteranodon pterodactyls pterosaurs quarry radiation remains reptilian restoration saurians sauropods Seeley skeleton skull species specimen Struthiomimus suggested tail teeth temperature terrestrial thecodonts therapsids Triassic Triceratops Tyrannosaurus vertebrate warm-blooded weight whilst wings