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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Michael J. Benton. EVOLUTION OF THE AMPHIBIANS The amphibians were the first vertebrates ( animals with backbones ) to walk on the land . They arose from fishes during the Devonian period , some 380 million years ago . At that time ...
Michael J. Benton. EVOLUTION OF THE AMPHIBIANS The amphibians were the first vertebrates ( animals with backbones ) to walk on the land . They arose from fishes during the Devonian period , some 380 million years ago . At that time ...
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... amphibians of the Carboniferous became aquatic in their habits . For example , Eogyrinus seems to have had such short limbs that it would have been able to move only very slowly on land . It probably could not have lifted its belly from ...
... amphibians of the Carboniferous became aquatic in their habits . For example , Eogyrinus seems to have had such short limbs that it would have been able to move only very slowly on land . It probably could not have lifted its belly from ...
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... amphibians which dominated the Earth during the Carboniferous lived on for many millions of years after the reptiles and modern amphibians ( frogs and salamanders ) had emerged . One group that lived on were the plagiosaurs such as ...
... amphibians which dominated the Earth during the Carboniferous lived on for many millions of years after the reptiles and modern amphibians ( frogs and salamanders ) had emerged . One group that lived on were the plagiosaurs such as ...
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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