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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... muscle . Other im- portant muscles tend to follow similar anchor and insertion pat- terns from group to group ( muscle anchors are toward the center of the animal , their insertions are closer to the extremities ) , so we can get a very ...
... muscle . Other im- portant muscles tend to follow similar anchor and insertion pat- terns from group to group ( muscle anchors are toward the center of the animal , their insertions are closer to the extremities ) , so we can get a very ...
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... muscles were pretty much inside the skull ( see Figure 4-2 ) . So , unlike mammals , but like reptiles and birds , theropods did not have many external facial or other outer skull muscles apart from thin bands of lip muscles , the eyelid ...
... muscles were pretty much inside the skull ( see Figure 4-2 ) . So , unlike mammals , but like reptiles and birds , theropods did not have many external facial or other outer skull muscles apart from thin bands of lip muscles , the eyelid ...
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... muscles must have formed a prominent and attractive contour over the weaker throat set , something like in horses . One group of muscles whose external profile is almost im- possible to figure out is the ventral throat muscles . They ...
... muscles must have formed a prominent and attractive contour over the weaker throat set , something like in horses . One group of muscles whose external profile is almost im- possible to figure out is the ventral throat muscles . They ...
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