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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... backbone . There were small bones below the backbone which had a piece running forwards as well as the normal piece running back - a ' double beam ' . There were small claws on the inner toes of the feet , and these may have been used ...
... backbone . There were small bones below the backbone which had a piece running forwards as well as the normal piece running back - a ' double beam ' . There were small claws on the inner toes of the feet , and these may have been used ...
Page 143
... backbone , a partial foot skeleton , and a large number of armour plates . The backbone turned out to be very interesting . Each of the bones in the backbone , the vertebrae , had a long sword - shaped bony rod that joined it to three ...
... backbone , a partial foot skeleton , and a large number of armour plates . The backbone turned out to be very interesting . Each of the bones in the backbone , the vertebrae , had a long sword - shaped bony rod that joined it to three ...
Page 253
... backbone . The backbone is made up of many vertebrae . INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations . A 253.
... backbone . The backbone is made up of many vertebrae . INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations . A 253.
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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