The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: An Original and Compelling Insight Into Life in the Dinosaur KingdomA detailed examination of the world of dinosaurs, their appearance, behavior, and families, describing current theories about their extinction and explaining how paleontologists study their fossilized remains. |
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Page 132
... frill margins . Where Pachyrhinosaurus fits. area of attachment around the margins of the frill . The edge of the frill is thickened to withstand the stresses and strains of muscular attachment . The area immediately in front of the back ...
... frill margins . Where Pachyrhinosaurus fits. area of attachment around the margins of the frill . The edge of the frill is thickened to withstand the stresses and strains of muscular attachment . The area immediately in front of the back ...
Page 140
... frill to be greatly lengthened and somewhat lower than the short - frilled types , when seen in profile . As a result , the frill seems to have lain like a shield over the shoulder region of the animal , completely covering its neck ...
... frill to be greatly lengthened and somewhat lower than the short - frilled types , when seen in profile . As a result , the frill seems to have lain like a shield over the shoulder region of the animal , completely covering its neck ...
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... frill Anchiceratops Skull ( lower jaw missing ) projecting epoccipitals Window - like opening Muscles to move upper forelimb Vertebrae contacting ilium ( sacral. ( see colour illustration ) . The discovery of two such similar dinosaurs ...
... frill Anchiceratops Skull ( lower jaw missing ) projecting epoccipitals Window - like opening Muscles to move upper forelimb Vertebrae contacting ilium ( sacral. ( see colour illustration ) . The discovery of two such similar dinosaurs ...
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: An Original and Compelling ... David Norman,John Sibbick No preview available - 1998 |
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: An Original and Compelling ... David Norman No preview available - 1998 |
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Albertosaurus Allosaurus Anchisaurus animals ankylosaurids Apatosaurus archosaurs armour beak Bernissart bipedal birds body bones bony Brachiosaurus Camarasaurus carnivorous carnosaurs Centrosaurus ceratopians ceratopids claws Coelophysis coelurosaurs Compsognathus creatures crests Cretaceous Period crocodiles Deinonychus described Digit dinosaurs diplodocids Diplodocus discovered discovery dromaeosaurids early excavated extinct Eye socket fingers foot forelimbs fossil frill front legs hadrosaurids head herbivorous Heterodontosaurus hindlimbs horns Hypsilophodon hypsilophodontids Iguanodon iguanodontids known late Cretaceous late Jurassic late Triassic living lizards lower jaw mammals Marsh Mesozoic Mongolia muscles Museum Natural History neck nodosaurids North America nostrils ornithischians ornithomimosaurs ornithopods Ouranosaurus pachycephalosaurs palaeontologists pelvis plant Plateosaurus plates predators preserved prey probably prosauropods Protoceratops pterosaurs pubis relatively remains reptile rocks saurids sauropods saurus Scelidosaurus shoulder similar skeleton skull slender snout species specimen spikes spines Stegosaurus Struthiomimus tail teeth thecodontians theropods toes Triassic Triceratops types typical tyrannosaurids upper vertebrae