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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... limb joints , but they retain them into full adulthood . Theropods followed much the same pattern of development . Predatory dinosaur hind limbs were running legs that worked like those of birds . Because the hip socket , knee , and ...
... limb joints , but they retain them into full adulthood . Theropods followed much the same pattern of development . Predatory dinosaur hind limbs were running legs that worked like those of birds . Because the hip socket , knee , and ...
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... hind limbs are more alike than they are dif- ferent , with long shanks and feet and flexed knees and ankles , and that the hind - limb action is very alike . In particular , the femur moves through an extensive arc , ending at about ...
... hind limbs are more alike than they are dif- ferent , with long shanks and feet and flexed knees and ankles , and that the hind - limb action is very alike . In particular , the femur moves through an extensive arc , ending at about ...
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... forelimbs are so short that using them to help stand would require an awkward rear - end - up - first motion . It must have been easier to just stand straight up on the hind limbs alone , like a big bird does . That tyrannosaur humeri ...
... forelimbs are so short that using them to help stand would require an awkward rear - end - up - first motion . It must have been easier to just stand straight up on the hind limbs alone , like a big bird does . That tyrannosaur humeri ...
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