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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Page 66
... similar Cretaceous near - shore and lake sediments , it is hard to see how Jurassic birds could have escaped preservation . Even if they were terrestrial rather than shorebirds , they should have flown between the Solnhofen islands and ...
... similar Cretaceous near - shore and lake sediments , it is hard to see how Jurassic birds could have escaped preservation . Even if they were terrestrial rather than shorebirds , they should have flown between the Solnhofen islands and ...
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... similar . The first , of course , is to develop from the same stock . A second way is by developing similar adaptations independently , under similar selective pressures . This is called convergence when it happens among distantly ...
... similar . The first , of course , is to develop from the same stock . A second way is by developing similar adaptations independently , under similar selective pressures . This is called convergence when it happens among distantly ...
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... similar species is found in a sequence of sediments lying directly one atop another , and the species show a consistent trend of change . However , such straight " lin- eages " are the exception . Mostly we are dealing with complex ...
... similar species is found in a sequence of sediments lying directly one atop another , and the species show a consistent trend of change . However , such straight " lin- eages " are the exception . Mostly we are dealing with complex ...
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