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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... fossil tooth in a pile of rubble beside the road . She showed the tooth to her husband , Dr. Gideon Mantell , a keen amateur fossil collector . He found more bones of the same animal nearby , and named it Iguanodon ( ' iguana tooth ...
... fossil tooth in a pile of rubble beside the road . She showed the tooth to her husband , Dr. Gideon Mantell , a keen amateur fossil collector . He found more bones of the same animal nearby , and named it Iguanodon ( ' iguana tooth ...
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... fossil collector . One of the leading palaeontologists of the day was Baron Georges Cuvier of Paris , who demonstrated how to build up the skeletons of these remarkable extinct animals from scattered bones . He studied fossil reptiles ...
... fossil collector . One of the leading palaeontologists of the day was Baron Georges Cuvier of Paris , who demonstrated how to build up the skeletons of these remarkable extinct animals from scattered bones . He studied fossil reptiles ...
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Michael J. Benton. The great fossil hunters This engraving , made in 1878 , gives a rather simplified view of fossil hunting - dinosaur bones rarely spring from the ground with such ease . Australia , and found remains of giant kangaroos ...
Michael J. Benton. The great fossil hunters This engraving , made in 1878 , gives a rather simplified view of fossil hunting - dinosaur bones rarely spring from the ground with such ease . Australia , and found remains of giant kangaroos ...
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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