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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... teeth . It is also very indigestible , requiring sophisticated digestive systems . The geography of grasslands also imposes restrictions on the animals that live there . An animal roaming open plains can be seen from a long way off , so ...
... teeth . It is also very indigestible , requiring sophisticated digestive systems . The geography of grasslands also imposes restrictions on the animals that live there . An animal roaming open plains can be seen from a long way off , so ...
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... teeth . A grass - eating animal needs teeth that are constantly growing or frequently replaced . Complex digestive systems are needed to break down and extract nutrients from the substance of grass . On top of all that , a big grassland ...
... teeth . A grass - eating animal needs teeth that are constantly growing or frequently replaced . Complex digestive systems are needed to break down and extract nutrients from the substance of grass . On top of all that , a big grassland ...
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... teeth , and possibly a specialized tongue doing the work of the long finger . ▷ The skull of the nauger is perfectly adapted to its purpose of drilling into solid wood . The teeth grow only at the front of the jaw and are directed ...
... teeth , and possibly a specialized tongue doing the work of the long finger . ▷ The skull of the nauger is perfectly adapted to its purpose of drilling into solid wood . The teeth grow only at the front of the jaw and are directed ...
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