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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... metres long with long horns above its eyes , but a short nose horn . It had a long neck frill with knobs and spines pointing backwards , in the middle of which were two holes through the bone . These would have been covered by muscle ...
... metres long with long horns above its eyes , but a short nose horn . It had a long neck frill with knobs and spines pointing backwards , in the middle of which were two holes through the bone . These would have been covered by muscle ...
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... metres long . It has been estimated that Supersaurus was 24 to 30 metres long , and 15 metres high when it raised its neck ; that is as tall as a 5 - story building . An even bigger animal , known as Ultrasaurus was found in the same ...
... metres long . It has been estimated that Supersaurus was 24 to 30 metres long , and 15 metres high when it raised its neck ; that is as tall as a 5 - story building . An even bigger animal , known as Ultrasaurus was found in the same ...
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... metres long and 6 metres high : a man would hardly have reached its knee . Various odd teeth were found in the 19th century , but the first reasonably good skeleton was not found until 1902 . This included parts of the skull and jaws ...
... metres long and 6 metres high : a man would hardly have reached its knee . Various odd teeth were found in the 19th century , but the first reasonably good skeleton was not found until 1902 . This included parts of the skull and jaws ...
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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