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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... cheek teeth were different in structure , being adapted for crushing plant food at the front , and for cutting it up at the back . The cheek teeth of true elephants are used mostly for grinding plant food . The curved tusks of ...
... cheek teeth were different in structure , being adapted for crushing plant food at the front , and for cutting it up at the back . The cheek teeth of true elephants are used mostly for grinding plant food . The curved tusks of ...
Page 86
... cheek teeth are broad and hard - wearing . Fossil specimens of young examples of Diademodon have shown how its teeth were modified . At first , the teeth had a number of small bumps around the edges , just as our cheek teeth do , but ...
... cheek teeth are broad and hard - wearing . Fossil specimens of young examples of Diademodon have shown how its teeth were modified . At first , the teeth had a number of small bumps around the edges , just as our cheek teeth do , but ...
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... teeth at the front of its mouth , but only a bony beak - possibly covered with horn , and a row of short chopping teeth further back . It could have nipped plants off with its beak , and chopped them up with its cheek teeth . The ...
... teeth at the front of its mouth , but only a bony beak - possibly covered with horn , and a row of short chopping teeth further back . It could have nipped plants off with its beak , and chopped them up with its cheek teeth . The ...
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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