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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... elephant because of the long flexible trunk , the tusks , and the large body size . It was up to 4 metres tall at the shoulder , taller than either of the living elephants . In detail , the deinotheres clearly became elephant - like ...
... elephant because of the long flexible trunk , the tusks , and the large body size . It was up to 4 metres tall at the shoulder , taller than either of the living elephants . In detail , the deinotheres clearly became elephant - like ...
Page 138
... elephant of all time , reaching 4 metres at the shoulder . The most famous mammoth , the woolly mammoth of northern Europe and Russia was smaller than modern elephants , being t k k Mammuthus 2.8 metres tall at the shoulder . Dozens of ...
... elephant of all time , reaching 4 metres at the shoulder . The most famous mammoth , the woolly mammoth of northern Europe and Russia was smaller than modern elephants , being t k k Mammuthus 2.8 metres tall at the shoulder . Dozens of ...
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... elephant in some ways , but had many unusual features of its own . Its name means ' fire beast ' , which refers to ... elephants , or four as in some fossil forms . These tusks were short and chisel - like , and they may have been used ...
... elephant in some ways , but had many unusual features of its own . Its name means ' fire beast ' , which refers to ... elephants , or four as in some fossil forms . These tusks were short and chisel - like , and they may have been used ...
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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