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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... insects - the bees , wasps and ants began to develop . These live in colonies , usually consisting of an egg - laying queen sustained and protected by an army of workers and soldiers . The waspeaters were a specialized branch of the ...
... insects - the bees , wasps and ants began to develop . These live in colonies , usually consisting of an egg - laying queen sustained and protected by an army of workers and soldiers . The waspeaters were a specialized branch of the ...
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... insects . Tundra and alpine TROMBLE Gravornis borealis To the north of the vast belt of coniferous forest that circles the northern hemisphere in the bleaker sections of the Palaearctic and Nearctic continents , the trees give way to a ...
... insects . Tundra and alpine TROMBLE Gravornis borealis To the north of the vast belt of coniferous forest that circles the northern hemisphere in the bleaker sections of the Palaearctic and Nearctic continents , the trees give way to a ...
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... insects winkled out of tree trunks by the long jaws . The shorerunner climbs trees nimbly , balancing with its atrophied wings ( b ) . b a Tropical rainforest - island shoreline COCONUT GRAB Nuctoceras litureperus Scattered across the ...
... insects winkled out of tree trunks by the long jaws . The shorerunner climbs trees nimbly , balancing with its atrophied wings ( b ) . b a Tropical rainforest - island shoreline COCONUT GRAB Nuctoceras litureperus Scattered across 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