Dinosaurs Rediscovered: New Findings which are Revolutionizing Dinosaur ScienceFrom dinosaurs smaller than chickens to the biggest beasts ever to walk the Earth, here is the exciting story of recent discoveries about dinosaurs and the scientists who made them. Informal and informative.--The Boston Globe. Lessem wrote and hosted a recent Nova series on dinosaurs. Photos and drawings. |
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... duckbills . What's more , thanks to Horner and others since , we have intact duckbill eggs with embryos , hatchlings and juveniles , and their nests . Hadrosaurs the duckbilled dinosaurs - grew large , some over thirty feet long and ...
... duckbills . What's more , thanks to Horner and others since , we have intact duckbill eggs with embryos , hatchlings and juveniles , and their nests . Hadrosaurs the duckbilled dinosaurs - grew large , some over thirty feet long and ...
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... duckbills devoured — weedy plants , shrubs , and needles and branches of conif- ers - were , for the most part , low - growing . So duckbills did most of their grazing around their feet , on forage less than six feet high . But they ...
... duckbills devoured — weedy plants , shrubs , and needles and branches of conif- ers - were , for the most part , low - growing . So duckbills did most of their grazing around their feet , on forage less than six feet high . But they ...
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... duckbills , such as Maia- saura . Matthew Carrano , a precocious Brown University undergraduate , drew an intriguing parallel between duckbills and modern cud - chew- ing mammals in a presentation at the 1991 SVP meetings in San Diego ...
... duckbills , such as Maia- saura . Matthew Carrano , a precocious Brown University undergraduate , drew an intriguing parallel between duckbills and modern cud - chew- ing mammals in a presentation at the 1991 SVP meetings in San Diego ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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