The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative EvolutionEvolution run amok. Dixon's imaginary animals show the imagination of Gary Larson, better drafting skills, but a very ponderous sense of humor. A lushly (color) illustrated unnatural history. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... ammonites . Then there is a break in the strata and the rocks immediately above exhibit a different picture of life on Earth . No dinosaurs or pterosaurs are evident here . Nor are there fossils of marine reptiles or ammonites ...
... ammonites . Then there is a break in the strata and the rocks immediately above exhibit a different picture of life on Earth . No dinosaurs or pterosaurs are evident here . Nor are there fossils of marine reptiles or ammonites ...
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... ammonites linger too long over its coconut so that the sudden tropical dawn finds it on dry land , it will be set ... ammonites , cephalopods that were encased in coiled shells . The shells consisted of empty air chambers that could be ...
... ammonites linger too long over its coconut so that the sudden tropical dawn finds it on dry land , it will be set ... ammonites , cephalopods that were encased in coiled shells . The shells consisted of empty air chambers that could be ...
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... ammonites . This is the only type , however , that has the ability to attack and kill the largest ammonite of the oceans . It hunts in the warm placid waters of the doldrums , where its prey is most abundant . There is an oily swell ...
... ammonites . This is the only type , however , that has the ability to attack and kill the largest ammonite of the oceans . It hunts in the warm placid waters of the doldrums , where its prey is most abundant . There is an oily swell ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 5 |
THE NEW DINOSAURS | 29 |
THE PALAEARCTIC REALM | 42 |
Copyright | |
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adapted ammonites ancestors animals ankylosaurs arbrosaurs archosaurs areas armour Australasian continent birds and pterosaurs body burrowing climate coelophysids coelurosaurs coneater coniferous forest continental crackbeak creatures crested Cretaceous period Deciduous developed dinosaurs Earth elasmosaurs environment Ethiopian realm evolution evolved exist extinction feed fish forelimbs forms gliding Gondwana grass grasslands grazing habitats hadrosaurs herds hind legs huge hunting hypsilophodonts iguanodonts insects island jaws Jurassic kilometres late Cretaceous Laurasia lightly built live lost world mammals meat-eaters megalosaur Mesozoic metres million years ago mixed woodland mountain range move Nearctic Nearctic continent Nearctic realm neck Neotropical northern ocean Oriental realm Palaearctic Palaearctic realm Pangaea plant-eating plants plesiosaurs pliosaur predators prey pterosaurs region reptiles river saurischians sauropods saurornithoids shape species sprintosaurs stegosaurs supercontinent surface survive swamp tail teeth Tertiary titanosaur tree-living trees Triassic tropical forest Tropical rainforest tundra warm-blooded wings zoogeographic realms