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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... theropods might nibble on the larger lizards and mammals they came across . Indeed , the early and most primitive theropods seem to have been well equipped for both small- and big - game hunting , having conical teeth up front and big ...
... theropods might nibble on the larger lizards and mammals they came across . Indeed , the early and most primitive theropods seem to have been well equipped for both small- and big - game hunting , having conical teeth up front and big ...
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... theropods go about hunting their prey ? So far I have emphasized what we can be pretty certain about , that big theropods were not strict scavengers , that the D - cross - sectioned tooth arcades of some theropods were giant " cookie ...
... theropods go about hunting their prey ? So far I have emphasized what we can be pretty certain about , that big theropods were not strict scavengers , that the D - cross - sectioned tooth arcades of some theropods were giant " cookie ...
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... theropods to safely deliver hem- orrhaging wounds allowed them to bring down herbivores much bigger than themselves ... theropods could do the same ; even a ten- pack of coyote - sized Coelophysis could bring down a 150 - kg pro ...
... theropods to safely deliver hem- orrhaging wounds allowed them to bring down herbivores much bigger than themselves ... theropods could do the same ; even a ten- pack of coyote - sized Coelophysis could bring down a 150 - kg pro ...
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