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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... bird and it seems likely that the birds arose from dinosaurian ancestors some 160 million years ago . During the Cretaceous period ( 144-66 million years ago ) , the birds became more modern in appearance . They lost the The fossil of ...
... bird and it seems likely that the birds arose from dinosaurian ancestors some 160 million years ago . During the Cretaceous period ( 144-66 million years ago ) , the birds became more modern in appearance . They lost the The fossil of ...
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... birds arose . The exact story of their evolution is not very well known because good bird fossils are very rare . Modern birds fall into two main groups , the flightless forms like ostriches , emus and kiwis , which lost the use of ...
... birds arose . The exact story of their evolution is not very well known because good bird fossils are very rare . Modern birds fall into two main groups , the flightless forms like ostriches , emus and kiwis , which lost the use of ...
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... birds disgusting birds for the reason that the more and the longer they were cooked , the less soft and more unpalatable their flesh becomes ' . Unfortunately , other sailors found the dodo was quite a tasty bird . It was so large and ...
... birds disgusting birds for the reason that the more and the longer they were cooked , the less soft and more unpalatable their flesh becomes ' . Unfortunately , other sailors found the dodo was quite a tasty bird . It was so large and ...
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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