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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... plants took root then ( the first butterflies appeared at the same time ) . These plants are not well known from the first 15 million years of the period , when the flora looks much as it did in the Late Jurassic . But by 120 million ...
... plants took root then ( the first butterflies appeared at the same time ) . These plants are not well known from the first 15 million years of the period , when the flora looks much as it did in the Late Jurassic . But by 120 million ...
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... plants with larger leaves and long " drip tips " characteristic of warmer , wetter climates than those of late- dinosaur days . Wolfe contends that the impact and its fallout brought a sudden end to a long period of Cretaceous climatic ...
... plants with larger leaves and long " drip tips " characteristic of warmer , wetter climates than those of late- dinosaur days . Wolfe contends that the impact and its fallout brought a sudden end to a long period of Cretaceous climatic ...
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... plants colonizing the devastated planet , and coping with low or nonexistent winter light . In the first million years after the end of the Cretaceous , northern - hemisphere vegetation was impoverished in vari- ety and dominated by ...
... plants colonizing the devastated planet , and coping with low or nonexistent winter light . In the first million years after the end of the Cretaceous , northern - hemisphere vegetation was impoverished in vari- ety and dominated by ...
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The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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