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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... metabolic rate only 5.6 times greater than a 100 - kg wildebeest ( see Appen- dix A ) . Having low metabolic rates , reptiles are dependent on the environment for most of their body heat . Hence , they are called ectotherms . However ...
... metabolic rate only 5.6 times greater than a 100 - kg wildebeest ( see Appen- dix A ) . Having low metabolic rates , reptiles are dependent on the environment for most of their body heat . Hence , they are called ectotherms . However ...
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... metabolic - rate animals need a lot of oxygen when exercising . Another reason may have to do with blood pres- sure . Lung - breathing ectotherms have three - chambered , lower- pressured ... metabolic rates , at least at the tenrec level .
... metabolic - rate animals need a lot of oxygen when exercising . Another reason may have to do with blood pres- sure . Lung - breathing ectotherms have three - chambered , lower- pressured ... metabolic rates , at least at the tenrec level .
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... metabolic rate , or calories burned over time . Standard metabolic rate is the energy consumption when resting . But we are more DINOSAUR interested in the animals when they are active , and metabolic rates are then usually about twice ...
... metabolic rate , or calories burned over time . Standard metabolic rate is the energy consumption when resting . But we are more DINOSAUR interested in the animals when they are active , and metabolic rates are then usually about twice ...
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