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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... plant - eaters reached giant proportions . One of the most intriguing British dinosaurs is also one of the smallest ... plant - eater hopped from branch to branch , perching to eat fruit or leaves which it grasped with its small forepaws ...
... plant - eaters reached giant proportions . One of the most intriguing British dinosaurs is also one of the smallest ... plant - eater hopped from branch to branch , perching to eat fruit or leaves which it grasped with its small forepaws ...
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... eaters were supposed to have spent their lives in active pursuit of prey , whilst the plant - eaters in their turn were believed capable of fleeing from their clutches . If a small lizard weighing a few ounces can only sustain rapid ...
... eaters were supposed to have spent their lives in active pursuit of prey , whilst the plant - eaters in their turn were believed capable of fleeing from their clutches . If a small lizard weighing a few ounces can only sustain rapid ...
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... plant - eaters , and in 1913 placed into Lambe's possession an entirely new carnivore . Gorgosaurus was a late Cretaceous giant : full length it attained 29 feet and stood II feet tall . Armed with the obligatory stout teeth and claws ...
... plant - eaters , and in 1913 placed into Lambe's possession an entirely new carnivore . Gorgosaurus was a late Cretaceous giant : full length it attained 29 feet and stood II feet tall . Armed with the obligatory stout teeth and claws ...
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