The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their ExtinctionThe inside story of a scientific heresy that is scandalizing traditional paleontology, told by the unorthodox leader of the dinosaurian heretics and featuring over 200 original black-and-white drawings that show how dinosaurs lived. |
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Page 140
... snout . Air is drawn in through the nostrils , passes through a tube in the snout , and is then drawn downward through a hole in the roof of the mouth into the wind- pipe . The windpipe lies just behind the base of the tongue . But ...
... snout . Air is drawn in through the nostrils , passes through a tube in the snout , and is then drawn downward through a hole in the roof of the mouth into the wind- pipe . The windpipe lies just behind the base of the tongue . But ...
Page 265
... snout , palate , and roof of the skull . The biggest surprise found in Madsen's ceratosaur skull was the tooth - bearing bones of the snout . Instead of being firmly at- tached to the braincase , the tooth - bearing bones were only ...
... snout , palate , and roof of the skull . The biggest surprise found in Madsen's ceratosaur skull was the tooth - bearing bones of the snout . Instead of being firmly at- tached to the braincase , the tooth - bearing bones were only ...
Page 288
... snout , but adults are marked by faces run riot with white , red , and orange stripes and splotches . Dimorphodon's deep snout cannot be explained by any hypothesis involving its jaw muscles or teeth . It's quite likely that Dimorphodon's ...
... snout , but adults are marked by faces run riot with white , red , and orange stripes and splotches . Dimorphodon's deep snout cannot be explained by any hypothesis involving its jaw muscles or teeth . It's quite likely that Dimorphodon's ...
Contents
Brontosaurus in the Great Hall | 15 |
Meditation | 29 |
Dinosaurs Score | 75 |
Copyright | |
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The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs ... Robert T. Bakker No preview available - 1996 |
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