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 63
... jaws . The sift congregates in flocks out in the shallows . The folded wings , larger in proportion than those of birds , catch the sun and provide an everchanging pattern of light as the flock moves about filtering the tiny insects and ...
... jaws . The sift congregates in flocks out in the shallows . The folded wings , larger in proportion than those of birds , catch the sun and provide an everchanging pattern of light as the flock moves about filtering the tiny insects and ...
Page 65
... jaws depends upon the diet . Feeding both in the trees and on the ground , the tiny arbrosaurs have short , thick jaws to crunch up beetles , or long thin jaws to dig for buried larvae and worms . All the arbrosaurs have the same light ...
... jaws depends upon the diet . Feeding both in the trees and on the ground , the tiny arbrosaurs have short , thick jaws to crunch up beetles , or long thin jaws to dig for buried larvae and worms . All the arbrosaurs have the same light ...
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An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Δ The jaws of the cutlasstooth can open remarkably wide , so that the lower jaw is well away from the cutting teeth when the heavy head is thrust downwards in the slashing stroke ( c ) . The ...
An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Δ The jaws of the cutlasstooth can open remarkably wide , so that the lower jaw is well away from the cutting teeth when the heavy head is thrust downwards in the slashing stroke ( c ) . 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