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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... tropical sun constantly rises . Consequently , winds blow continually into ... Forest floor There is no record of tree - living dinosaurs from the Mesozoic ... tropical forests in various parts of the world . With so many different ...
... tropical sun constantly rises . Consequently , winds blow continually into ... Forest floor There is no record of tree - living dinosaurs from the Mesozoic ... tropical forests in various parts of the world . With so many different ...
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... forest was broken up by the changing climates and the spread of the grasslands halfway through the Tertiary period , the waspeaters became restricted to a number of tropical forest areas . Most species now live in the equatorial regions ...
... forest was broken up by the changing climates and the spread of the grasslands halfway through the Tertiary period , the waspeaters became restricted to a number of tropical forest areas . Most species now live in the equatorial regions ...
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An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Tropical rainforest TREEWYRM Arbroserperus longus The bulk of the lowland areas of the Oriental realm consists of tropical forest . The climate , known as a monsoon climate , supports forest ...
An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Tropical rainforest TREEWYRM Arbroserperus longus The bulk of the lowland areas of the Oriental realm consists of tropical forest . The climate , known as a monsoon climate , supports forest ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 5 |
THE NEW DINOSAURS | 29 |
THE PALAEARCTIC REALM | 42 |
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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