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dinosaur
dinosaur An extinct terrestrial reptile belonging to a group that constituted the dominant land animals of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 190–65 million years ago. There were two orders. The Ornithischia were typically quadrupedal herbivores, many with heavily armoured bodies, and included
Stegosaurus,
Triceratops, and
Iguanodon. They were all characterized by birdlike pelvic girdles. The Saurischia included many bipedal carnivorous forms, such as
Tyrannosaurus (the largest known carnivore), and some quadrupedal herbivorous forms, such as
Apatosaurus (
Brontosaurus) and
Diplodocus. They all had lizard-like pelvic girdles. Many of the herbivorous dinosaurs were amphibious or semiaquatic.
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Dinosaurs on the Web. (CyberHunt).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...and click on each dinosaur.) www.enchantedlearning...com/subjects/dinosaurs 1. Pentaceratops...html (Hint: Some dinosaurs on the list include roars and other dinosaur sounds!) Answers: 1. Dinosaurs lived on Earth for...
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 "Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin)")
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Dinosaur world: how much do you know about these creatures from long ago?(SCIENCE)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin); 10/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...than houses. Dinosaur Food Scientists often group dinosaurs by the food they...so much about dinosaurs? People have found dinosaur fossils in the...to learn what dinosaurs looked like and...lived. Ask: Are dinosaur discoveries important...
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Dinosaurs! Meet the hadrosaur (had-rah-sore) family.(SCIENCE)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin); 10/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...Ask: What is a dinosaur? What did dinosaurs look like? How...scientists learn about dinosaurs today? Background Information * Dinosaur comes from Greek...Hoff * Detective Dinosaur, by James Skofield * Life-Size Dinosaurs, by David Bergen...
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DINOSAURS ALIVE - AS BIRDS - SCIENTIST SAYS DIRECT LINK PROVEN, CANADIAN SAYS AT UW.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 5/25/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...China of two small dinosaur fossils that appeared...that these aren't dinosaurs at all,'' Currie...they can't be dinosaurs. In fact, Currie...many as half of all dinosaur species during the...direct link between dinosaurs and birds. The...chicken-sized dinosaur known as ...
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Dinosaur discovery.
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin); 10/20/2006; 700+ words
; ...SAWR-us). Dinosaur Differences Scientists sometimes group dinosaurs by the food they...do you know about dinosaurs? Why are dinosaur discoveries important...than 800 types of dinosaurs existed. * Dinosaur comes from Greek...
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Dinosaurs
Magazine article from: et Cetera; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...dinosaurs. And now dinosaurs have a new career...started noticing dinosaur metaphors back in...Buchanan was called a dinosaur, and the term came...And there were dinosaurs in the media: a...action figures, and dinosaur miniatures. Even...Jurassic period dinosaurs, a way to ...
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Dinosaurs among us.
Magazine article from: Appleseeds; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Maybe a friend even has a pet dinosaur in a cage. You see, dinosaurs aren't extinct. They...think that a small running dinosaur like Unenlagia eventually became a flying dinosaur! Flight gave some dinosaurs a better chance at survival...
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DINOSAUR SOCIETY NAMES BEST JUVENILE DINOSAUR BOOK; 'DOUGAL DIXON'S DINOSAURS' CAPTURES SATTLER AWARD
PR Newswire; 4/13/1994; 700+ words
; ...1993's best juvenile dinosaur book. "Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs," both entertaining...accurate information about dinosaurs," said Dr. Steven...president of The Dinosaur Society. "'Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs' -- which is published...
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Dinosaur body temperature: The occurrence of endothermy and ectothermy
Magazine article from: Paleobiology; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...body temperatures of dinosaurs. However, rather than...relations of a hypothetical dinosaur, the model considered...of a large number of dinosaurs known from the fossil...production, and which dinosaurs would have benefited...ectothermy? Past research on dinosaur thermal physiology has...
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Dinosaurs and the concept of fitness.(Digging Dinosaurs)
Newspaper article from: National Forum; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...growth rings in the bones of later dinosaurs suggest that these dinosaurs grew very rapidly when they were...compare the skeleton of an earlier dinosaur, such as Herrerasaurus, with those of later dinosaurs, such as Deinonychus and Dromeiciomimus...
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Dinosaur
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Dinosaur Biology of dinosaurs Fossils and other...or since. Some dinosaurs were enormous...word “dinosaur” is...x201C;the age of dinosaurs.” Radiometric...associated with dinosaur fossils suggests...
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dinosaur
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Victorian anatomist, coined the term dinosaur. Dinosaur Traits and Classification Fossil remains of dinosaurs have been found in rock strata...the disappearance of nonavian dinosaurs. No complete fossil dinosaur has ever been discovered. Inferences...
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Dinosaurs
Book article from: Animal Sciences
Dinosaurs The history of the...begins with one of the dinosaur's small extinct...group that led to the dinosaurs. The lepidosaurs...When discussing dinosaur ancestry, paleontologists...and eventually the dinosaurs), including deeply...
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dinosaurs
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
dinosaurs The name ‘dinosaur’ (‘terrible...amount of work has been done on dinosaurs since then and we now recognize...the pterosaurs (Fig. 1). Dinosaurs are characterized by having erect...
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Dinosaur Jr.
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Dinosaur Jr. Rock band Music ’ Clicked...served rock scribes well in portraying Dinosaur Jr. ’ s fusion of guitar noise...despite personnel and label changes, Dinosaur Jr. has attracted legions of fans with...
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