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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... spines , knobs and spikes on their backs . This armour was made from pieces of bone that grew in the skin which formed a hard shell over the back and the neck , and would have protected the ankylosaur from the teeth of the meat - eaters ...
... spines , knobs and spikes on their backs . This armour was made from pieces of bone that grew in the skin which formed a hard shell over the back and the neck , and would have protected the ankylosaur from the teeth of the meat - eaters ...
Page 115
... spines . Hylaeosaurus is known from partial skeletons , but its armour is more often found . Hylaeosaurus was about 6 metres long . It had an armour of spines that stuck out sideways and upwards along the back and tail . The top of the ...
... spines . Hylaeosaurus is known from partial skeletons , but its armour is more often found . Hylaeosaurus was about 6 metres long . It had an armour of spines that stuck out sideways and upwards along the back and tail . The top of the ...
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... spine and small bones on the neck , a pair of very long spines on the shoulders , pairs of sloping plates on the hips and tail , and smaller spines and knobs on the sides of the body and tail . Armour plates from the skin of ...
... spine and small bones on the neck , a pair of very long spines on the shoulders , pairs of sloping plates on the hips and tail , and smaller spines and knobs on the sides of the body and tail . Armour plates from the skin of ...
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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