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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A Complete Illustrated Guide. The exact method of approaching the prey depended partly on the habitat , and partly on the prey . Juvenile victims must have been preferred , but adults were common targets too , espe- cially the ill and ...
A Complete Illustrated Guide. The exact method of approaching the prey depended partly on the habitat , and partly on the prey . Juvenile victims must have been preferred , but adults were common targets too , espe- cially the ill and ...
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... prey should depend on the predator's metabolic rate . Ectothermic predators eat only a seventh to a tenth as much as endotherms of similar size , so a given biomass of herbivores can support more predatory ecto- therms than predatory ...
... prey should depend on the predator's metabolic rate . Ectothermic predators eat only a seventh to a tenth as much as endotherms of similar size , so a given biomass of herbivores can support more predatory ecto- therms than predatory ...
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... prey and leaped onto their backs . Using their long , strong , big - clawed fingers to hold on , they could then wound the prey , leaping off before the latter could roll over and crush them . After this , it would have been a matter of ...
... prey and leaped onto their backs . Using their long , strong , big - clawed fingers to hold on , they could then wound the prey , leaping off before the latter could roll over and crush them . After this , it would have been a matter of ...
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