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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... suggested that these cranial ornaments were horns : Nopcsa's solution was a novel extension of this idea . Lambe had divided all his types into new genera and species , but Nopcsa retorted that all Lambe had done was to separate the ...
... suggested that these cranial ornaments were horns : Nopcsa's solution was a novel extension of this idea . Lambe had divided all his types into new genera and species , but Nopcsa retorted that all Lambe had done was to separate the ...
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... suggested that the wear might be brought about by the animals scraping their teeth on the surface of stones while uprooting plants . He was more inclined to believe , though , that the starchy matter in the trunks of the cycad trees so ...
... suggested that the wear might be brought about by the animals scraping their teeth on the surface of stones while uprooting plants . He was more inclined to believe , though , that the starchy matter in the trunks of the cycad trees so ...
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... suggested that the maximum weight that a flying vertebrate can attain is about 50 lbs : Pteranodon and its slightly larger but lesser known Jordanian ally Titanopteryx were therefore thought to be the largest flying animals.47 - But in ...
... suggested that the maximum weight that a flying vertebrate can attain is about 50 lbs : Pteranodon and its slightly larger but lesser known Jordanian ally Titanopteryx were therefore thought to be the largest flying animals.47 - But in ...
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