Dinosaur and Other Prehistoric Animal FactfinderAn alphabetical guide to 200 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, covering where and when they lived. Suggested level: secondary. |
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... Jurassic coelurids follow after a gap in the Early and Middle Jurassic for which no remains have been found . They are from North America ( Coelurus , Ornitholestes ) and Europe ( Compsognathus ) . Some day , scientists will find more ...
... Jurassic coelurids follow after a gap in the Early and Middle Jurassic for which no remains have been found . They are from North America ( Coelurus , Ornitholestes ) and Europe ( Compsognathus ) . Some day , scientists will find more ...
Page 156
... Jurassic , but were quite rare until the Cretaceous . The stegosaurs and the ankylosaurs seem to have shared a common ancestor , possibly something rather like Scelidosaurus from the Early Jurassic . Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous 225 ...
... Jurassic , but were quite rare until the Cretaceous . The stegosaurs and the ankylosaurs seem to have shared a common ancestor , possibly something rather like Scelidosaurus from the Early Jurassic . Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous 225 ...
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... Jurassic and Cretaceous . It is difficult to study the evolution of the coelurosaurs but it is thought that they gave rise to the other meat - eaters - the carnosaurs in the Early Jurassic , the ornithomimosaurs in the Late Jurassic ...
... Jurassic and Cretaceous . It is difficult to study the evolution of the coelurosaurs but it is thought that they gave rise to the other meat - eaters - the carnosaurs in the Early Jurassic , the ornithomimosaurs in the Late Jurassic ...
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Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animal Factfinder Dr. Michael Benton,Michael J. Benton No preview available - 1992 |
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Africa Albertosaurus Allosaurus amphibians ancestors ankylosaurs Apatosaurus Archaeopteryx Argentina armour arms arose Asia backbone beak birds body bones bony Brachiosaurus Carboniferous Cenozoic centimetres ceratopsians cheek teeth claw Coelophysis coelurosaurs complete skeleton crest Cretaceous crocodiles deinonychosaurs Deinonychus dinosaurs Diplodocus Dr O. C. Marsh Dryosaurus early Elaphrosaurus elephants England Eocene Europe evolution fingers fish forms fossil giant head hind legs horns huge Hypsilophodon ichthyosaurs Iguanodon infraorder insects Jurassic known Late Cretaceous limbs lived lizards long neck mammal-like reptiles mammals meat-eating dinosaurs metres long million years ago Miocene modern Mongolia Morganucodon Museum named North America Cretaceous O. C. Marsh oldest ornithomimosaurs Ornithomimus ornithopod pachycephalosaurs Permian plant-eaters plants Plateosaurus plates plesiosaurs prehistoric animals primitive probably prosauropods Protoceratops pterosaurs relatives reptile Dr rocks Saurischia sauropods scientists Segnosaurus skull snout South species specimens spines Stegoceras Stegosaurus Struthiomimus suborder Supersaurus toes tooth Triassic Tyrannosaurus vertebrae