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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... sauropods that have survived on the southern continents , are mainly grassland - dwelling animals ; they have not had to develop new adaptations because their sheer bulk is enough of a deterrent against the plains - living predators ...
... sauropods that have survived on the southern continents , are mainly grassland - dwelling animals ; they have not had to develop new adaptations because their sheer bulk is enough of a deterrent against the plains - living predators ...
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... sauropod dinosaurs - the long - necked plant - eaters - have remained practically unaltered over that period of time . The largest is the titanosaur that reaches a length of about 18 metres ( 60 ft ) and can reach up to heights of 6 ...
... sauropod dinosaurs - the long - necked plant - eaters - have remained practically unaltered over that period of time . The largest is the titanosaur that reaches a length of about 18 metres ( 60 ft ) and can reach up to heights of 6 ...
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... sauropods of the Neotropical continent evolved in their own way to cope with such changing conditions as the spread of the grasslands . The lumber is a grassland - living sauropod that has evolved from a tree browser into a grass ...
... sauropods of the Neotropical continent evolved in their own way to cope with such changing conditions as the spread of the grasslands . The lumber is a grassland - living sauropod that has evolved from a tree browser into a grass ...
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