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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Page 130
... evidence persists , however . How are we to explain Bird's photograph of the isolated impressions of the brontosaur's front feet ? This one fact alone demonstrates that brontosaurs must have taken to water at least on isolated occasions ...
... evidence persists , however . How are we to explain Bird's photograph of the isolated impressions of the brontosaur's front feet ? This one fact alone demonstrates that brontosaurs must have taken to water at least on isolated occasions ...
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... evidence before us and can , for the first time , explain the origin and subsequent radiations of the non - mammalian endotherms of the Mesozoic planet , and at the same time understand just why certain groups were able to ' explode ...
... evidence before us and can , for the first time , explain the origin and subsequent radiations of the non - mammalian endotherms of the Mesozoic planet , and at the same time understand just why certain groups were able to ' explode ...
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... evidence of endothermy in dinosaurs . Nature , 238 , pp . 81-85 . Cys , op . cit . ( 22 ) , estimated that the smallest dinosaurs in the uppermost Cretaceous , namely Leptoceratops , Stegoceras , Dromaeosaurus , Saurornithoides and ...
... evidence of endothermy in dinosaurs . Nature , 238 , pp . 81-85 . Cys , op . cit . ( 22 ) , estimated that the smallest dinosaurs in the uppermost Cretaceous , namely Leptoceratops , Stegoceras , Dromaeosaurus , Saurornithoides and ...
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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