Kings of Creation: How a New Breed of Scientists is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of DinosaursHalf of all known dinosaur species have been discovered in only the past two decades, thanks to a young generation of paleontologists who are reinvigorating the field of dinosaur studies. In Dinosaurs Rediscovered, science journalist Don Lessem describes these adventurous scientists and their remarkable finds. Photos and line drawings throughout. |
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... iguanodonts . And both must have made way for chomping giants— relatively slender , whip - tailed forms such as Diplodocus and Seis- mosaurus among them , and stouter creatures such as Brachiosaurus , Ultrasaurus , and their kin . These ...
... iguanodonts . And both must have made way for chomping giants— relatively slender , whip - tailed forms such as Diplodocus and Seis- mosaurus among them , and stouter creatures such as Brachiosaurus , Ultrasaurus , and their kin . These ...
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... iguanodont ancestors to make room for a horsey snout full of teeth and among many duckbills , a solid or hollow crest ... iguanodonts sometime in the Early Cretaceous period . Lambeosaurines , more robust in the hindquarters , with fewer ...
... iguanodont ancestors to make room for a horsey snout full of teeth and among many duckbills , a solid or hollow crest ... iguanodonts sometime in the Early Cretaceous period . Lambeosaurines , more robust in the hindquarters , with fewer ...
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... iguanodonts predominate among the area's dinosaur fauna . After the sea receded , more than 80 million years ago , hadrosaurs , specifically an ancestor of the conservative - looking Maiasaura and a " hook - nose " genus Horner has yet ...
... iguanodonts predominate among the area's dinosaur fauna . After the sea receded , more than 80 million years ago , hadrosaurs , specifically an ancestor of the conservative - looking Maiasaura and a " hook - nose " genus Horner has yet ...
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The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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