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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... scorpions . It lies in wait just under the sand , with only its eyes and nostrils showing , and leaps out when the prey comes close . Tropical rainforest - offshore island MEGALOSAUR Megalosaurus modernus The boughs. 37 THE ETHIOPIAN REALM.
... scorpions . It lies in wait just under the sand , with only its eyes and nostrils showing , and leaps out when the prey comes close . Tropical rainforest - offshore island MEGALOSAUR Megalosaurus modernus The boughs. 37 THE ETHIOPIAN REALM.
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An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Tropical rainforest - offshore island MEGALOSAUR Megalosaurus modernus The boughs and evergreen leaves of the tropical forest filter the sunlight into fine steamy beams that throw a dappled pattern ...
An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Tropical rainforest - offshore island MEGALOSAUR Megalosaurus modernus The boughs and evergreen leaves of the tropical forest filter the sunlight into fine steamy beams that throw a dappled pattern ...
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... Megalosaurus 13 , 110 . dwarf 40 , 40 , 41 , 111 Megalosaurus modernus See megalosaur M. nanus See megalosaur , dwarf Melexsorbius parvus See gimp mesosuchian crocodiles 12 Mesozoic 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 , 26 , 27 ...
... Megalosaurus 13 , 110 . dwarf 40 , 40 , 41 , 111 Megalosaurus modernus See megalosaur M. nanus See megalosaur , dwarf Melexsorbius parvus See gimp mesosuchian crocodiles 12 Mesozoic 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 , 26 , 27 ...
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