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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... pangaloon Filarmura tuburostra of the Neotropical forest ( page 68 ) are only distantly related , and have evolved similar shapes by parallel evolution - the independent development in related animals of similar adaptations to allow ...
... pangaloon Filarmura tuburostra of the Neotropical forest ( page 68 ) are only distantly related , and have evolved similar shapes by parallel evolution - the independent development in related animals of similar adaptations to allow ...
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An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Tropical rainforest PANGALOON Filarmura tuburostra An interesting example of the re - evolution of features once lost , arises in the case of the pangaloon . Its body is covered in scales , but ...
An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Tropical rainforest PANGALOON Filarmura tuburostra An interesting example of the re - evolution of features once lost , arises in the case of the pangaloon . Its body is covered in scales , but ...
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... pangaloon ( page 68 ) , and it is likely that both animals evolved from the same group of arbrosaurs that crossed from the Nearctic realm early in the Tertiary period . The tubular snout may be seen as an example of pre - adaptation ...
... pangaloon ( page 68 ) , and it is likely that both animals evolved from the same group of arbrosaurs that crossed from the Nearctic realm early in the Tertiary period . The tubular snout may be seen as an example of pre - adaptation ...
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