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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... fish - shaped . The wings have changed into steering paddles and a strong swimming paddle has developed on the hind legs and tail . It hunts fish in the euphotic zone of the ocean . Euphotic zone 100 metres ( 333 ft ) Continental shelf ...
... fish - shaped . The wings have changed into steering paddles and a strong swimming paddle has developed on the hind legs and tail . It hunts fish in the euphotic zone of the ocean . Euphotic zone 100 metres ( 333 ft ) Continental shelf ...
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... fish are abundant there will be fishing animals , including , on occasion , dinosaurs . In fact , fishing dinosaurs , such as Baryonyx , existed in early Cretaceous times . The rivers of the Australasian continent , however , have a ...
... fish are abundant there will be fishing animals , including , on occasion , dinosaurs . In fact , fishing dinosaurs , such as Baryonyx , existed in early Cretaceous times . The rivers of the Australasian continent , however , have a ...
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... fish on which they feed . In many areas the seas are so rich in fish that the fishing animals do not need to travel long distances to find them . The plunger is a fishing pterosaur that has lost its powers of flight . Its wings are ...
... fish on which they feed . In many areas the seas are so rich in fish that the fishing animals do not need to travel long distances to find them . The plunger is a fishing pterosaur that has lost its powers of flight . Its wings are ...
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