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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... tyrannosaurs retain a small inner toe and slightly less reduced fibula in the shank , while shank and foot become relatively shorter in the bigger species . The latter is a conse- quence of elastic similarity and should not affect ...
... tyrannosaurs retain a small inner toe and slightly less reduced fibula in the shank , while shank and foot become relatively shorter in the bigger species . The latter is a conse- quence of elastic similarity and should not affect ...
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... tyrannosaurs . It was a way of directing a larger portion of their body mass to what was important to them — their head and legs.15 Hence they were fast predators that dispatched prey with the head alone . Along with their binocular ...
... tyrannosaurs . It was a way of directing a larger portion of their body mass to what was important to them — their head and legs.15 Hence they were fast predators that dispatched prey with the head alone . Along with their binocular ...
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... tyrannosaurs allowed them , and the smaller aublysodonts , to partly suppress both allosaurs and the big - brained sickle- clawed protobirds . Things were somewhat different in arid Mon- golia . Here tyrannosaurs were small and not that ...
... tyrannosaurs allowed them , and the smaller aublysodonts , to partly suppress both allosaurs and the big - brained sickle- clawed protobirds . Things were somewhat different in arid Mon- golia . Here tyrannosaurs were small and not that ...
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