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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... areas of open country in the Mesozoic era but these would not have been clothed in grass . They are more likely to ... areas of the Nearctic and Palaearctic realms and are found in dry areas far from the ocean . Hard beak for cropping ...
... areas of open country in the Mesozoic era but these would not have been clothed in grass . They are more likely to ... areas of the Nearctic and Palaearctic realms and are found in dry areas far from the ocean . Hard beak for cropping ...
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... areas of the Oriental realm consists of tropical forest . The climate , known as a monsoon climate , supports forest habitats . During the summer the constant heat over the northern continent gives rise to low pressure areas that bring ...
... areas of the Oriental realm consists of tropical forest . The climate , known as a monsoon climate , supports forest habitats . During the summer the constant heat over the northern continent gives rise to low pressure areas that bring ...
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An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. THE OCEANS B y far the greatest area of the planet Earth - 362 million square kilometres ( 140,000,000 sq m ) or over 70 per cent is covered with ocean water . Compared with the land areas , however ...
An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. THE OCEANS B y far the greatest area of the planet Earth - 362 million square kilometres ( 140,000,000 sq m ) or over 70 per cent is covered with ocean water . Compared with the land areas , however ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 5 |
THE NEW DINOSAURS | 29 |
THE PALAEARCTIC REALM | 42 |
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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