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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... fishes during the Devonian period , some 380 million years ago . At that time , other forms of life had just conquered the land ... fish . This configuration developed into the leg shown to the right . 6 1 Fishes 2 Ichthyostega 3 Frogs 4 ...
... fishes during the Devonian period , some 380 million years ago . At that time , other forms of life had just conquered the land ... fish . This configuration developed into the leg shown to the right . 6 1 Fishes 2 Ichthyostega 3 Frogs 4 ...
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... fish in shallow Crassigyrinus ponds . When it opened its huge mouth suddenly , there would have been a huge sucking effect , and muddy water and fish alike would have been sucked in . The whole body of Crassigyrinus is now known from ...
... fish in shallow Crassigyrinus ponds . When it opened its huge mouth suddenly , there would have been a huge sucking effect , and muddy water and fish alike would have been sucked in . The whole body of Crassigyrinus is now known from ...
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... Fish spine G. Säve - Söderbergh ( 1932 ) O Greenland Devonian Ichthyostega 1m At present Ichthyostega is the oldest and most clearly - identified land vertebrate , the ancestor of all the later amphibians , reptiles , birds and mammals ...
... Fish spine G. Säve - Söderbergh ( 1932 ) O Greenland Devonian Ichthyostega 1m At present Ichthyostega is the oldest and most clearly - identified land vertebrate , the ancestor of all the later amphibians , reptiles , birds and mammals ...
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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