Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated GuideProvides a species-by-species catalog of predatory dinosaurs known to have existed. |
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... AVIAN DESCENDANTS 3-1 The earliest well - known preda- tory dinosaur is the theropod Coe- lophysis bauri , which came in small - skulled " robust " ( far left ) and bigger - headed " gracile " ( left center ) types . Shown here among ...
... AVIAN DESCENDANTS 3-1 The earliest well - known preda- tory dinosaur is the theropod Coe- lophysis bauri , which came in small - skulled " robust " ( far left ) and bigger - headed " gracile " ( left center ) types . Shown here among ...
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... avian - mammalian system . After all , the big ones would have high metabolic rates , and small species could hibernate . But this does not really work , because the low - metabolic - rate juveniles of big - bulk endotherms would be ...
... avian - mammalian system . After all , the big ones would have high metabolic rates , and small species could hibernate . But this does not really work , because the low - metabolic - rate juveniles of big - bulk endotherms would be ...
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... avian kind . They were bipeds with short trunks and stiff - action vertical hind limbs that could not splay out to the side and support a flying squirrel or bat type of interlimb mem- brane . The only places available to develop ...
... avian kind . They were bipeds with short trunks and stiff - action vertical hind limbs that could not splay out to the side and support a flying squirrel or bat type of interlimb mem- brane . The only places available to develop ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
CONTENTS | 17 |
LifeStyles of the Big and Powerful and the Small | 27 |
Copyright | |
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Albertosaurus allosaurs AMNH animals ankle antirrhopus Archaeopteryx archosaurs avetheropods avian Avimimus Bakker Barsbold big theropods bigger birdlike birds braincase brontosaurs cannon bone carnivores Ceratosaurus claws Coelophysis crocodilians Dilophosaurus dino dromaeosaurs ectotherms endotherms evolved extinct fauna feathers femur FEMUR LENGTH flight flying forelimbs Formation fossil genus giant gracile head herbivorous herbivorous dinosaurs herrerasaurs hind limbs HIP HEIGHT horn joint Jurassic HORIZON juvenile KILOGRAMMAGE known Lagosuchus Late Cretaceous HORIZON late Late Cretaceous libratus living lizards look lower jaw MAIN ANATOMICAL mammals Megalosaurus metabolic rates Mongolia mongoliensis muscles neck nosaurs Ornithomimus ostrich ostrich-mimics Ostrom Oviraptor paleodinosaurs Paleont paleotheropods predators PREDATORY DINOSAURS preorbital prey primitive probably Protoavis protobirds relative reptiles restorations Russell saurs sickle-claws similar skeletal skeleton SKULL LENGTH slender small theropods smaller snout species specimen speed Spinosaurus tail teeth thecodonts thero theropods things trackways Troodon tyrannosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex upper Velociraptor vertebrae WORLD Туре