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 53
... neck were about 1 metre long but surprisingly lightweight . Each bone was hollow , and made from a narrow framework of bone struts . If the bones had been solid , the long neck would have been too heavy to lift . Barosaurus BRACHIOSAURUS.
... neck were about 1 metre long but surprisingly lightweight . Each bone was hollow , and made from a narrow framework of bone struts . If the bones had been solid , the long neck would have been too heavy to lift . Barosaurus BRACHIOSAURUS.
Page 55
... long neck was made from 14 separate bones . Each of these had to be very strong in order to support the huge weight of the neck . There were hollow spaces in the sides of these bones which might have been filled with air spaces ...
... long neck was made from 14 separate bones . Each of these had to be very strong in order to support the huge weight of the neck . There were hollow spaces in the sides of these bones which might have been filled with air spaces ...
Page 189
... long neck which is partly because all the vertebrae of the neck are long , and because it has more of them . The limbs are long and slender and , as in Prolacerta , the hind limb is by far the longest , which suggests that Protorosaurus ...
... long neck which is partly because all the vertebrae of the neck are long , and because it has more of them . The limbs are long and slender and , as in Prolacerta , the hind limb is by far the longest , which suggests that Protorosaurus ...
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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