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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... Early Jurassic . They all show that they evolved from two - legged ancestors . The Prosauropoda was the second major dinosaur group to appear after the Coelurosauria . Some of the earliest so - called ' prosauropods ' , such as ...
... Early Jurassic . They all show that they evolved from two - legged ancestors . The Prosauropoda was the second major dinosaur group to appear after the Coelurosauria . Some of the earliest so - called ' prosauropods ' , such as ...
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... early stages of the evolution of apes and humans all took place in Africa . The oldest ape , Aegyptopithecus , dates ... early homonids . to many parts of the world , including southern Europe , the Middle East , India , southern Asia ...
... early stages of the evolution of apes and humans all took place in Africa . The oldest ape , Aegyptopithecus , dates ... early homonids . to many parts of the world , including southern Europe , the Middle East , India , southern Asia ...
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... early scelidosaurids ( which could be stegosaurs or ankylosaurs ) and the later stegosaurids . If Scelidosaurus is a stegosaur , then the group arose in Europe in the Early Jurassic . Not only are there now several specimens of ...
... early scelidosaurids ( which could be stegosaurs or ankylosaurs ) and the later stegosaurids . If Scelidosaurus is a stegosaur , then the group arose in Europe in the Early Jurassic . Not only are there now several specimens of ...
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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