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 20
... need to be very strong . Its descendant , the tree - living arbrosaur ( page 33 ) , right , has a strong collarbone to support its climbing muscles . Grasslands are a relatively recent innovation to the face of. 20 THE HABITATS.
... need to be very strong . Its descendant , the tree - living arbrosaur ( page 33 ) , right , has a strong collarbone to support its climbing muscles . Grasslands are a relatively recent innovation to the face of. 20 THE HABITATS.
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... habitat to be occupied by a living creature is the air . The colonization of habitats depends upon the availability of a food supply in that habitat . However , animals did not originally take to the air for this reason . Flight was a ...
... habitat to be occupied by a living creature is the air . The colonization of habitats depends upon the availability of a food supply in that habitat . However , animals did not originally take to the air for this reason . Flight was a ...
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... habitats of the main continent are dominated by the position of the continent across the southern desert belt of the pla- net . Hot air that rises and drops its rain into the rainforests at the equator spreads north and south at high ...
... habitats of the main continent are dominated by the position of the continent across the southern desert belt of the pla- net . Hot air that rises and drops its rain into the rainforests at the equator spreads north and south at high ...
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