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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... shoulder girdle ( Figure 4-10 ) , because it hangs independently of the vertebrae column , unlike the hips , which are tightly fixed . Well - articulated specimens can help out , but even here some displacement of the forelimb might ...
... shoulder girdle ( Figure 4-10 ) , because it hangs independently of the vertebrae column , unlike the hips , which are tightly fixed . Well - articulated specimens can help out , but even here some displacement of the forelimb might ...
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... shoulder joint was set low and the shoulder blade was much more vertical . Not much is known of the chest or sternal plates in thero- pods . The few that have been discovered are usually small , al- though a few protobird theropods had ...
... shoulder joint was set low and the shoulder blade was much more vertical . Not much is known of the chest or sternal plates in thero- pods . The few that have been discovered are usually small , al- though a few protobird theropods had ...
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... shoulder girdle . This is disadvantageous in most animals , who need as much arm reach as they can get . But it is a classically avian way of strengthening the shoulder for flight . And not just flight , but powered flight , since ...
... shoulder girdle . This is disadvantageous in most animals , who need as much arm reach as they can get . But it is a classically avian way of strengthening the shoulder for flight . And not just flight , but powered flight , since ...
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