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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... flying birds in its big forelimbs , with more backwardly angled cora- coids and a big wishbone furcula . But this does not mean dro- maeosaurs are less birdlike in these characters ; instead , they are similar to flightless birds ...
... flying birds in its big forelimbs , with more backwardly angled cora- coids and a big wishbone furcula . But this does not mean dro- maeosaurs are less birdlike in these characters ; instead , they are similar to flightless birds ...
Page 347
... Flying and Nonflying THE PREDATORY DINOSAURS 347 The members of this clade - the sister group to the allosaur- tyrannosaurs did a fantastic and wonderful ... flying protobirds . So , as true flying birds Protobirds: Flying and Nonflying.
... Flying and Nonflying THE PREDATORY DINOSAURS 347 The members of this clade - the sister group to the allosaur- tyrannosaurs did a fantastic and wonderful ... flying protobirds . So , as true flying birds Protobirds: Flying and Nonflying.
Page 359
... flying ancestors . They certainly are very similar to the flying archaeop- terygians , and have a number of bird characters that the former lack . Dromaeosaurs even appear later . It therefore appears that dromaeosaurs are secondarily ...
... flying ancestors . They certainly are very similar to the flying archaeop- terygians , and have a number of bird characters that the former lack . Dromaeosaurs even appear later . It therefore appears that dromaeosaurs are secondarily ...
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