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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... saurians were understood - and measured , a procedure which led to seemingly absurd sizes for the archaic reptiles . It was Richard Owen , Hunterian Professor to the Royal College of Surgeons in London , who finally broke with tradition ...
... saurians were understood - and measured , a procedure which led to seemingly absurd sizes for the archaic reptiles . It was Richard Owen , Hunterian Professor to the Royal College of Surgeons in London , who finally broke with tradition ...
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... saurians were clearly not as attenuated as lizards . Unlike the lithe and agile lizards , Megalosaurus was thought by Owen to be a massive , compact , and ponderous creature with long legs supporting its bulky frame . From the size and ...
... saurians were clearly not as attenuated as lizards . Unlike the lithe and agile lizards , Megalosaurus was thought by Owen to be a massive , compact , and ponderous creature with long legs supporting its bulky frame . From the size and ...
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... saurians like Hadrosaurus had fired Cope's imagination and he yearned to live in the Haddonfield district where the monsters lay interred . He made frequent trips to the dinosaur - bearing New Jersey marl pits and in 1866 bought a house ...
... saurians like Hadrosaurus had fired Cope's imagination and he yearned to live in the Haddonfield district where the monsters lay interred . He made frequent trips to the dinosaur - bearing New Jersey marl pits and in 1866 bought a house ...
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