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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... mountain ranges along its leading edge . The greatest mountain chains of the Earth are the Himalayas along the join between India and Asia , where the two continents converged and collided 50 million years ago , and the Coast Mountains ...
... mountain ranges along its leading edge . The greatest mountain chains of the Earth are the Himalayas along the join between India and Asia , where the two continents converged and collided 50 million years ago , and the Coast Mountains ...
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... mountain chains and volcanoes along the western coasts . This build - up has continued in the ill - defined region ... range , constantly being enlarged by the reaction between the continent and the plates of the nearby ocean . Volcanoes bub- ...
... mountain chains and volcanoes along the western coasts . This build - up has continued in the ill - defined region ... range , constantly being enlarged by the reaction between the continent and the plates of the nearby ocean . Volcanoes bub- ...
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... mountains NUMBSKULL Sphaeracephalus riparus The great mountain range is young , but it is already deeply weathered and eroded . Annually , melting snows from the higher slopes and the constantly decaying glaciers produce torrents of ...
... mountains NUMBSKULL Sphaeracephalus riparus The great mountain range is young , but it is already deeply weathered and eroded . Annually , melting snows from the higher slopes and the constantly decaying glaciers produce torrents of ...
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