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 7
... plants grew again , since most plants can remain dormant for a short period , but all the big animals were gone . Only small creatures like the contemporary mammals were able to avoid the chaos , probably by digging underground and ...
... plants grew again , since most plants can remain dormant for a short period , but all the big animals were gone . Only small creatures like the contemporary mammals were able to avoid the chaos , probably by digging underground and ...
Page 23
... plants in the temperate wood- land , which dies back in wintertime . The annual fall of dead leaves keeps the soil enriched . Seasonal changes of climate did not take place during the Mesozoic era and any dinosaur , or dinosaur ...
... plants in the temperate wood- land , which dies back in wintertime . The annual fall of dead leaves keeps the soil enriched . Seasonal changes of climate did not take place during the Mesozoic era and any dinosaur , or dinosaur ...
Page 35
... plants at ground level . It has fleshy lips and copious cheek pouches enabling it to chew the grass and plants thoroughly before swallowing . After digesting for a while in the stomach the grass is brought up again for more chewing ...
... plants at ground level . It has fleshy lips and copious cheek pouches enabling it to chew the grass and plants thoroughly before swallowing . After digesting for a while in the stomach the grass is brought up again for more chewing ...
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