Sentences with phrase «smaller than dinosaurs»

Cultures all over the World recorded bears, lions, eagles, deer, buffalo, elephants and other mammals much smaller than dinosaurs, but totally ignored the dinosaurs, which were many times larger and more fearsome!!

Not exact matches

Those dinosaurs close to the ancestry of birds shared some of these traits, but they had two functional reproductive tracts, and their eggs were smaller relative to their body size and more elongated than those of modern birds.

Spectacular feathered dinosaurs discovered in the last decade or so show clearly how a small group of theropod dinosaurs gave rise to the first birds, but these specimens are nearly all Cretaceous in origin, at least 20 million years younger than Archaeopteryx.

Smaller dinosaurs were also more likely than large ones to develop insulating feathers, enabling them to hunt at night.

«What was impressive was the consistency of the size change along the dinosaur - to - bird transition, with every descendant smaller than its ancestor,» says Lee.

Small mammals and reptiles can be very diverse and abundant in modern ecosystems, but small dinosaurs (less than 100 kg) are considerably less common than large ones in the fossil reSmall mammals and reptiles can be very diverse and abundant in modern ecosystems, but small dinosaurs (less than 100 kg) are considerably less common than large ones in the fossil resmall dinosaurs (less than 100 kg) are considerably less common than large ones in the fossil record.

The evolutionary line leading to birds kept experimenting with different, often radically smaller, body sizes — enabling new body «designs» and adaptations to arise more rapidly than among larger dinosaurs.

The meat - eating theropod dinosaurs shrank 12 times in a row, going from over 200 kilograms to less than a kilogram, until they were small enough to fly

With throats and jaws much wider than other pterosaurs, they could have swallowed small dinosaurs whole.

The researchers were able to see signs of watery adaptation not seen in other dinosaurs: a small nostril located far back on the head, apparently to limit water intake; relatively long forelimbs; big flat feet suitable for paddling as well as walking on muddy ground; and very dense limb bones, which would have allowed Spinosaurus to submerge itself rather than float at the surface.

It's smaller than a grain of rice, yellowish, trapped in amber and lived 100 million years ago alongside dinosaurs.

They were small — the largest was no bigger than a badger — and paleontologists used to think that mammal evolution only took off once a mass extinction wiped all the non-avian dinosaurs off the planet.

Although the fossil of the infant dinosaur is small, it would have grown into an adult weighing more than 1,000 kg.

With the exception of an intriguing scene in which an eager crowd places bets on a dogfight between a pit bull and a smaller MTR, the humans seldom interact directly with these enormous E.T.s. Just imagine how dull «Jurassic Park» would be if the dinosaurs were seen exclusively in the far distance, as the paleontological safari intended, rather than endangering the characters in close proximity.

Attack a niche market: Small niche players can respond with more agility and relevance than the big brand dinosaurs.