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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... blood is not by any means cold . The distinguishing features of reptiles , seen in contrast to mammals and birds , is that they do not depend upon heat produced internally . The muscles and organs of the body in ' warm - blooded ...
... blood is not by any means cold . The distinguishing features of reptiles , seen in contrast to mammals and birds , is that they do not depend upon heat produced internally . The muscles and organs of the body in ' warm - blooded ...
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... cold - blooded whilst dinosaurs were warm - blooded . When the temperature drops below optimum , reptiles become sluggish . They themselves become cold and their metabolic rate drops sharply , driving them into a state of torpor and ...
... cold - blooded whilst dinosaurs were warm - blooded . When the temperature drops below optimum , reptiles become sluggish . They themselves become cold and their metabolic rate drops sharply , driving them into a state of torpor and ...
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... blooded physiology requires only a very small area of the hypothalamus - dinosaurs could be endotherms even with diminutive brains . Similarly , therapsids probably evolved a warm - blooded physiology in later Permian times , even ...
... blooded physiology requires only a very small area of the hypothalamus - dinosaurs could be endotherms even with diminutive brains . Similarly , therapsids probably evolved a warm - blooded physiology in later Permian times , even ...
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The crown of creation | 7 |
The tyrant finds its feet | 29 |
The race is to the swift the battle to the strong | 62 |
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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