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 98
... tentacles . The four at the rear are broad and very muscular . They are used for pulling the animal over the ground and up coconut palms , left . The front four tentacles are long and delicate , allowing the ammonite to reach for a ...
... tentacles . The four at the rear are broad and very muscular . They are used for pulling the animal over the ground and up coconut palms , left . The front four tentacles are long and delicate , allowing the ammonite to reach for a ...
Page 106
... tentacles streaming out just below the surface , passively entrapping any small creature that happens into their entangling fibres . A splash ! And a spray of water ! The tranquil scene is shattered by a frenetic burst of activity ...
... tentacles streaming out just below the surface , passively entrapping any small creature that happens into their entangling fibres . A splash ! And a spray of water ! The tranquil scene is shattered by a frenetic burst of activity ...
Page 107
... tentacles . In Cretaceous times they developed into a number of different forms . There were those with heavy shells produced in irregular coils , that spent their time crawling along the sea bed . Others were freely drifting animals ...
... tentacles . In Cretaceous times they developed into a number of different forms . There were those with heavy shells produced in irregular coils , that spent their time crawling along the sea bed . Others were freely drifting animals ...
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