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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Page 48
... horns ' were covered with skin , which is shown by the presence of blood vessels on the outside of the bone , so that they were probably more like the skin - covered knobs on top of a giraffe's head than the horns of a rhinoceros ...
... horns ' were covered with skin , which is shown by the presence of blood vessels on the outside of the bone , so that they were probably more like the skin - covered knobs on top of a giraffe's head than the horns of a rhinoceros ...
Page 92
... horns ' were not really horns at all , but simply outgrowths of the bones that normally make up the cheek region of the skull . As the animal grew up , two or three of the skull bones in the back corner just grew out and out until the ...
... horns ' were not really horns at all , but simply outgrowths of the bones that normally make up the cheek region of the skull . As the animal grew up , two or three of the skull bones in the back corner just grew out and out until the ...
Page 103
... horns ? It may be that they were used for fighting between males , since some skeletons seem to have horns , while others ( possibly females ) do not . Epigaulus had deep - rooted cheek teeth that were used to grind up tough plant food ...
... horns ? It may be that they were used for fighting between males , since some skeletons seem to have horns , while others ( possibly females ) do not . Epigaulus had deep - rooted cheek teeth that were used to grind up tough plant food ...
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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