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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... primitive and advanced are often loaded terms in lay use , with primitive considered inferior to advanced . In phylogenetic use , they do not carry the same connotation . Primitive or archaic is the initial or basal condition , advanced ...
... primitive and advanced are often loaded terms in lay use , with primitive considered inferior to advanced . In phylogenetic use , they do not carry the same connotation . Primitive or archaic is the initial or basal condition , advanced ...
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... primitive found yet — among flying species only Archaeopteryx is more achaic . The head and hand are missing , and some of the apparently primitive features may be due to its being a youngster with many unfused bones . It is the tail ...
... primitive found yet — among flying species only Archaeopteryx is more achaic . The head and hand are missing , and some of the apparently primitive features may be due to its being a youngster with many unfused bones . It is the tail ...
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... primitive ostrich - mimic known from good remains , including an excellent skull . The long , low , toothless head is clearly ornithomimid , and the braincase includes the bulbous lower elements . The skull's primitive features include ...
... primitive ostrich - mimic known from good remains , including an excellent skull . The long , low , toothless head is clearly ornithomimid , and the braincase includes the bulbous lower elements . The skull's primitive features include ...
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