The Hot-blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in PalaeontologyDraws upon recent discoveries and research to recount the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, as dominant, warm-blooded animals, and to reassess their intelligence, agility, physiological complexity, and advanced social behavior. |
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... herbivores Iguanadon and Trachodon quietly grazed along the shoreline of the Cretaceous inland water courses , the Megalosaurus and Deinodon infested the waters like crocodiles , ready to seize their contemporaries . The struggle for ...
... herbivores Iguanadon and Trachodon quietly grazed along the shoreline of the Cretaceous inland water courses , the Megalosaurus and Deinodon infested the waters like crocodiles , ready to seize their contemporaries . The struggle for ...
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... herbivores like Struthiomimus were flocking dinosaurs ( ' herding ' hardly seems appropriate for such delicate bird - like creatures ) , while both carnivores and herbivores were capable of parental care , and a structured family ...
... herbivores like Struthiomimus were flocking dinosaurs ( ' herding ' hardly seems appropriate for such delicate bird - like creatures ) , while both carnivores and herbivores were capable of parental care , and a structured family ...
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... herbivores . This notion has been a popular one , if for no other reason than that the flowering plants came into existence in the early Cretaceous , about 120 million years ago , and the extinction of the dinosaurs ' followed ' at the ...
... herbivores . This notion has been a popular one , if for no other reason than that the flowering plants came into existence in the early Cretaceous , about 120 million years ago , and the extinction of the dinosaurs ' followed ' at the ...
Contents
The crown of creation | 7 |
The tyrant finds its feet | 29 |
The race is to the swift the battle to the strong | 62 |
Copyright | |
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Allosaurus American Museum ancestors animal appeared aquatic Archaeopteryx avian Bakker beast bipedal birds body bones brain brontosaur Buckland Carnegie carnivores ceratopsians cetiosaur claws coelurosaurs Colbert cold-blooded Cope Cope's creature crest crocodiles Crystal Palace Cuvier Deinonychus dinosaurian dinosaurs Diplodocus discovery dromaeosaurids early earth elephants endothermy energy erect Euparkeria evidence evolution evolved extinct feathers feet long flesh-eaters flying giant Gorgosaurus ground hadrosaurs Hawkins herbivores herds hind legs hind limbs Huxley Hypsilophodon Iguanodon jaws Jurassic Kermack Laelaps lake land late Cretaceous Leidy living lizard London lungs mammals Marsh Megalosaurus Mesozoic metabolism million years ago mosasaur muscles Natural History neck Nopcsa Ornithosuchus Osborn ostrich Ostrom Owen Owen's palaeontologists physiology plant-eaters prey probably pseudosuchian Pteranodon pterodactyls pterosaurs quarry radiation remains reptilian restoration saurians sauropods Seeley skeleton skull species specimen Struthiomimus suggested tail teeth temperature terrestrial thecodonts therapsids Triassic Triceratops Tyrannosaurus vertebrate warm-blooded weight whilst wings