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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 9
... climate . Normally , temperatures are kept in balance . Of the sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface , some is reradiated into space as infrared rays . An increase in the proportion of atmospheric carbon dioxide or water vapour ...
... climate . Normally , temperatures are kept in balance . Of the sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface , some is reradiated into space as infrared rays . An increase in the proportion of atmospheric carbon dioxide or water vapour ...
Page 17
... climate . consequently the warm climates . There was now less mixing of warm tropical water and cool polar water , and climates increasingly differed over wide areas . The drier , cooler conditions that resulted meant that the lush ...
... climate . consequently the warm climates . There was now less mixing of warm tropical water and cool polar water , and climates increasingly differed over wide areas . The drier , cooler conditions that resulted meant that the lush ...
Page 24
... climate of the region . The climate tends to be very cold , with much of the water in the region locked up in ice for most of the year . The growing season here is very short , only 50 to 80 days , and the trees that grow must be able ...
... climate of the region . The climate tends to be very cold , with much of the water in the region locked up in ice for most of the year . The growing season here is very short , only 50 to 80 days , and the trees that grow must be able ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 5 |
THE NEW DINOSAURS | 29 |
THE PALAEARCTIC REALM | 42 |
Copyright | |
4 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
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