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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Page 63
... birds and pterosaurs , particularly at dawn and at dusk in the evening . At a distance , pterosaurs like the sift can be distinguished from birds in flight by their comparatively larger wings . Mixed woodland - wetlands SIFT Pterocolum ...
... birds and pterosaurs , particularly at dawn and at dusk in the evening . At a distance , pterosaurs like the sift can be distinguished from birds in flight by their comparatively larger wings . Mixed woodland - wetlands SIFT Pterocolum ...
Page 77
... animal in flight . Barren land - mountains HARRIDAN Harpyia latala Between the mountain peaks and above the valleys of the western mountain range soar a number of large birds and pterosaurs . They circle in the winds rising from the ...
... animal in flight . Barren land - mountains HARRIDAN Harpyia latala Between the mountain peaks and above the valleys of the western mountain range soar a number of large birds and pterosaurs . They circle in the winds rising from the ...
Page 96
... birds and pterosaurs , many of the latter flightless . These evolved either from flightless pterosaurs that were already on the continen- tal fragments when they broke away , and so may be related to the flightless pterosaur of the ...
... birds and pterosaurs , many of the latter flightless . These evolved either from flightless pterosaurs that were already on the continen- tal fragments when they broke away , and so may be related to the flightless pterosaur of the ...
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