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 6
... dinosaurs were some of the most magnificent creatures that ever lived . They evolved in the late Triassic period ... dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period , about 65 million years ago . At this time not just the dinosaurs but ...
... dinosaurs were some of the most magnificent creatures that ever lived . They evolved in the late Triassic period ... dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period , about 65 million years ago . At this time not just the dinosaurs but ...
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... Dinosaur classification Dinosaurs are classified on their hip types . The saurischians were the lizard- hipped dinosaurs , so - called because the arrangement of the bones of the hip , with the ilium attached to the backbone , the pubis ...
... Dinosaur classification Dinosaurs are classified on their hip types . The saurischians were the lizard- hipped dinosaurs , so - called because the arrangement of the bones of the hip , with the ilium attached to the backbone , the pubis ...
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... dinosaurs as contemporaries . The cavemen communicate in grunts , and the dinosaurs are all ravening meat - eaters . But we are now deviating from the original premise of this book , the possible survival of dinosaurs into the present ...
... dinosaurs as contemporaries . The cavemen communicate in grunts , and the dinosaurs are all ravening meat - eaters . But we are now deviating from the original premise of this book , the possible survival of dinosaurs into the present ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 5 |
THE NEW DINOSAURS | 29 |
THE PALAEARCTIC REALM | 42 |
Copyright | |
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