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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... evolved slowly ; Tyrannosaurus rex does not seem all that differ- ent from Metricanthosaurus of ninety million years before . Like- wise , some modern shorebirds do not look very different from what was around in the Cretaceous . But ...
... evolved slowly ; Tyrannosaurus rex does not seem all that differ- ent from Metricanthosaurus of ninety million years before . Like- wise , some modern shorebirds do not look very different from what was around in the Cretaceous . But ...
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... evolved these traits independently , but the fact is that there is no good evidence that they did so . Just the opposite . The evidence strongly indicates that these traits form a true monophyletic clade . That this is so has wonderful ...
... evolved these traits independently , but the fact is that there is no good evidence that they did so . Just the opposite . The evidence strongly indicates that these traits form a true monophyletic clade . That this is so has wonderful ...
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... evolved outside the needs of flight - flight more ad- vanced than that of Archaeopteryx , which had not yet evolved such equipment . So , it appears that the dromaeosaurs had flying ancestors . They certainly are very similar to the ...
... evolved outside the needs of flight - flight more ad- vanced than that of Archaeopteryx , which had not yet evolved such equipment . So , it appears that the dromaeosaurs had flying ancestors . They certainly are very similar to the ...
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