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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... oldest ones at the bottom date from 700 million years ago , while those at the top are 10 million years old . 4 From the Bible to Darwin meant that rocks of particular ages had specific fossils in them . What is more , in any pile of ...
... oldest ones at the bottom date from 700 million years ago , while those at the top are 10 million years old . 4 From the Bible to Darwin meant that rocks of particular ages had specific fossils in them . What is more , in any pile of ...
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... oldest ape , Aegyptopithecus , dates from about 30 million years ago , and several lines of apes arose in the Miocene , including Proconsul and Ramapithecus . Indeed , if you had returned to eastern Africa about 10 or 15 million years ...
... oldest ape , Aegyptopithecus , dates from about 30 million years ago , and several lines of apes arose in the Miocene , including Proconsul and Ramapithecus . Indeed , if you had returned to eastern Africa about 10 or 15 million years ...
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... oldest dinosaur from Europe , and one of the oldest in the world , but it will be hard to say what it looked like until more specimens are found . Saltopus The order Saurischia includes all the meat - eating dinosaurs. 200 S.
... oldest dinosaur from Europe , and one of the oldest in the world , but it will be hard to say what it looked like until more specimens are found . Saltopus The order Saurischia includes all the meat - eating dinosaurs. 200 S.
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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