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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... Coelurosaurs that we are to look for the bird ancestor ' . ( Compare this statement with the opinion expressed by ... coelurosaurian dinosaurs were known with collar bones , but Archaeopteryx possessed them . Since evolution cannot work ...
... Coelurosaurs that we are to look for the bird ancestor ' . ( Compare this statement with the opinion expressed by ... coelurosaurian dinosaurs were known with collar bones , but Archaeopteryx possessed them . Since evolution cannot work ...
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... coelurosaurs resembled the small , bipedal , grasping Archaeopteryx . But the reason for the change in the ... coelurosaurian dinosaurs . The only reasonable conclusion is that Archaeopteryx must have been derived from an early or mid ...
... coelurosaurs resembled the small , bipedal , grasping Archaeopteryx . But the reason for the change in the ... coelurosaurian dinosaurs . The only reasonable conclusion is that Archaeopteryx must have been derived from an early or mid ...
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... coelurosaurs could fly and it appears that Archaeop- teryx was only a feathered coelurosaur without the skeletal modifications one associates with flight . It possessed , for example , only minimal flight muscle attachment areas ; it ...
... coelurosaurs could fly and it appears that Archaeop- teryx was only a feathered coelurosaur without the skeletal modifications one associates with flight . It possessed , for example , only minimal flight muscle attachment areas ; it ...
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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