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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... limbs and hind limbs preserved , and it was , at that time , the most complete dinosaur skeleton found anywhere in the world . This find allowed Joseph Leidy , the first North American dinosaur expert , to make a lifelike restoration of ...
... limbs and hind limbs preserved , and it was , at that time , the most complete dinosaur skeleton found anywhere in the world . This find allowed Joseph Leidy , the first North American dinosaur expert , to make a lifelike restoration of ...
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... limbs are long and slender and , as in Prolacerta , the hind limb is by far the longest , which suggests that Protorosaurus was probably able to rear up on its legs at times . It probably fed on insects and small reptiles . > PRO - to ...
... limbs are long and slender and , as in Prolacerta , the hind limb is by far the longest , which suggests that Protorosaurus was probably able to rear up on its legs at times . It probably fed on insects and small reptiles . > PRO - to ...
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... limbs , and they are very poorly preserved . Much of the fossil bone material has been lost and there are only hollows left in the rock . It has to be studied from artificial casts made from the rock moulds . Saltopus could be the ...
... limbs , and they are very poorly preserved . Much of the fossil bone material has been lost and there are only hollows left in the rock . It has to be studied from artificial casts made from the rock moulds . Saltopus could be the ...
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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