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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... pterosaurs are now known from the Late Triassic , some 15 million years earlier . Nevertheless , Dimorphodon is an important animal . Its skeleton is quite well known , and shows it to have been rather unusual . The head was huge ...
... pterosaurs are now known from the Late Triassic , some 15 million years earlier . Nevertheless , Dimorphodon is an important animal . Its skeleton is quite well known , and shows it to have been rather unusual . The head was huge ...
Page 192
... pterosaurs , ruled the skies during much of the age of the dinosaurs , and one of the most spectacular was Pteranodon . This monster animal was much larger than the earliest pterosaurs such as Dimorphodon , but smaller than a recently ...
... pterosaurs , ruled the skies during much of the age of the dinosaurs , and one of the most spectacular was Pteranodon . This monster animal was much larger than the earliest pterosaurs such as Dimorphodon , but smaller than a recently ...
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... pterosaurs and dinosaurs . During the age of the dinosaurs ( Jurassic and Cretaceous periods , 208-66 million years ago ) , the pterosaurs flew in the skies above , and the ichthyosaurs and Key to reptilian evolution 1 Sail - backs 2 ...
... pterosaurs and dinosaurs . During the age of the dinosaurs ( Jurassic and Cretaceous periods , 208-66 million years ago ) , the pterosaurs flew in the skies above , and the ichthyosaurs and Key to reptilian evolution 1 Sail - backs 2 ...
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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