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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... land . '30 The dinosaurs were only allowed out of the water for brief periods , supposedly for egg laying or migration to a near - by pond . Osborn , like Cope in his earlier speculations , saw the animals stop to browse on tree - tops ...
... land . '30 The dinosaurs were only allowed out of the water for brief periods , supposedly for egg laying or migration to a near - by pond . Osborn , like Cope in his earlier speculations , saw the animals stop to browse on tree - tops ...
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... land at some point and therefore must have been able to move on land , although it is difficult to imagine them tobogganing penguin - style , if for no other reason than that they possessed enormous beaks . Perhaps they used their wing ...
... land at some point and therefore must have been able to move on land , although it is difficult to imagine them tobogganing penguin - style , if for no other reason than that they possessed enormous beaks . Perhaps they used their wing ...
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... land ; they were profoundly affected as the Cretaceous passed into the Tertiary . Tropical plants were evicted by their hardier relatives sweeping down from the northerly temperate regions . Since pollen grains are the most resilient ...
... land ; they were profoundly affected as the Cretaceous passed into the Tertiary . Tropical plants were evicted by their hardier relatives sweeping down from the northerly temperate regions . Since pollen grains are the most resilient ...
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