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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... northern hemisphere . It forms a ring around the northern polar region . The heavy mass of cold air that lies over the north pole spreads outwards and southwards and governs the climate of the region . The climate tends to be very cold ...
... northern hemisphere . It forms a ring around the northern polar region . The heavy mass of cold air that lies over the north pole spreads outwards and southwards and governs the climate of the region . The climate tends to be very cold ...
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... northern continent only by a narrow isthmus in the north - east . The Ethio- pian realm occupies the whole of this area except for a strip along the northern edge . The boundary that separates it from the Palaearctic realm in the north ...
... northern continent only by a narrow isthmus in the north - east . The Ethio- pian realm occupies the whole of this area except for a strip along the northern edge . The boundary that separates it from the Palaearctic realm in the north ...
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... northern continent and is that section of it that lies to the south of the huge barrier of mountain chains that crease up its south - eastern corner . However it also encompasses the cluster of jungle peninsulas and volcanic island ...
... northern continent and is that section of it that lies to the south of the huge barrier of mountain chains that crease up its south - eastern corner . However it also encompasses the cluster of jungle peninsulas and volcanic island ...
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