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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... huge , bulldog - faced predators to titanic plant - eaters , some of them armor - sided . Other huge browsers , as yet unnamed , were equipped with a bizarre double row of tall spines down their backs . These oddities are products of ...
... huge , bulldog - faced predators to titanic plant - eaters , some of them armor - sided . Other huge browsers , as yet unnamed , were equipped with a bizarre double row of tall spines down their backs . These oddities are products of ...
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... huge sauropods , and Dashanpu has three in outstanding condition . When found , the Da- shanpu dinosaurs looked like museum - mounted specimens that some- how toppled over , intact , into the purple mud . The significance of these ...
... huge sauropods , and Dashanpu has three in outstanding condition . When found , the Da- shanpu dinosaurs looked like museum - mounted specimens that some- how toppled over , intact , into the purple mud . The significance of these ...
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... huge sauropods with small mouths would have had to ingest huge quantities of vegetation to stay warm and moving . To help them do so , their stomachs acted as huge vats . There the work of digestion was carried out , abetted by the ...
... huge sauropods with small mouths would have had to ingest huge quantities of vegetation to stay warm and moving . To help them do so , their stomachs acted as huge vats . There the work of digestion was carried out , abetted by the ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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