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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... ZOOGEOGRAPHIC REALMS . Each zoogeographic realm will contain a collection of animals that is peculiar to itself and that has evolved relatively indepen- dently from the animal assemblage of another ... zoogeographic realms. 18 ZOOGEOGRAPHY.
... ZOOGEOGRAPHIC REALMS . Each zoogeographic realm will contain a collection of animals that is peculiar to itself and that has evolved relatively indepen- dently from the animal assemblage of another ... zoogeographic realms. 18 ZOOGEOGRAPHY.
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An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Nearctic Neotropical Ethiopian Palaearctic Oriental 90 Australasian The zoogeographic realms The landmasses of the modern world can be divided into six faunal zones , or zoogeographic realms , each ...
An Alternative Evolution Dougal Dixon. Nearctic Neotropical Ethiopian Palaearctic Oriental 90 Australasian The zoogeographic realms The landmasses of the modern world can be divided into six faunal zones , or zoogeographic realms , each ...
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... zoogeographic realm , has its own assemblage of wildlife . The particular group is determined by the flexibility of the boundaries to that realm , and by the past geological existence of those boundaries . During the Triassic and early ...
... zoogeographic realm , has its own assemblage of wildlife . The particular group is determined by the flexibility of the boundaries to that realm , and by the past geological existence of those boundaries . During the Triassic and early ...
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