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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of warmblooded reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They existed through most of the Mesozoic era, first appearing early in the Triassic period.

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Dinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity
†Ornithischia · Saurischia †Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Various extinct groups Aves (birds) · †Sauropodomorpha · Theropoda Various extinct groups Aves (birds) · Various extinct groups

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related to Further reading · 55
Dinosaur → Air, Archived, Baltimore, Berlin, Bibcode, Birds, Business Media, Canada, Canadian Dinosaurs, Chang, Charles Mortram, Cloutier, Crocodile-Like Skulls Discovered, Dinosaurs, Flight, Geological Series, Gregory, ISBN, Isle, ISSN
related to Evolution and paleobiogeography · 39
Dinosaur → Africa, Ankylosaurians, Another, At, Australia, By, Ceratopsians, China, Conifers, Dinosaurs, Early, Early Cretaceous, Early Jurassic, Elasmarian, Europe, Examples, Gymnosperm, In, In Asia, Jurassic
related to Soft tissue and molecular preservation · 36
Dinosaur → Among, Both, Chiefly, China, Early Cretaceous, Edmontosaurus, Fossils, Hooley, However, Hypsilophodon, Iguanodon, In, It, Italy, Jacob Wortman, Jakob Vinther, Jehol, Lagerstätten, Marsh, Mid-to-Late Jurassic
related to Origins and early evolution · 35
Dinosaur → Argentina, Bagualosaurus, Brazil, Buriolestes, Carnian, Chromogisaurus, Dinosaurs, Eodromaeus, Eoraptor, Eoraptor's, Gnathovorax, Guaibasaurus, Herrerasauridae, Herrerasaurus, Ischigualasto, Late Triassic, Macrocollum, Mbiresaurus, Middle, Nhandumirim
related to Early dinosaur research · 34
Dinosaur → Ashmolean Museum, Between, Caswell, Chemistry, Chipping Norton, Cornwell, Edward Lhuyd, England, English, Geology, Gideon, Gideon Mantell, He, Iguanodon, In, Lithophylacii Britannici, Mary Ann Mantell, Megalosaurus, Oxford, Oxford-shire
related to Discoveries in North America · 30
Dinosaur → Although, American, American Museum, Bone Wars, Cope, Cope's, Despite, Dinosaur Mania, Edward Drinker Cope, England, Foulke's, Haddonfield, Hadrosaurus, In, It, Maidstone, Many, Marsh, Marsh's, Modern
related to "Dinosaur renaissance" and beyond · 25
Dinosaur → Across, Antarctica, As, Asian, At, Bakker, Better, China, Concurrently, Deinonychus, First, India, Its, John Ostrom, Madagascar, Major, New, North American, Physiology, Robert
related to Behavior · 23
Dinosaur → African, Allosaurus, American, Belgium, Bernissart, Congregating, Deinonychus, England, However, Iguanodon, Inner Mongolia, Interpretations, Many, One, Other, Oxfordshire, Sauropod, Sinornithomimus, The, There
Dinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity · 20
Dinosaur → Aves (birds), Saurischia †Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Various extinct groups Aves (birds), Theropoda Various extinct groups Aves (birds), Various extinct groups, †Agnosphytis?, †Alwalkeria, †Chilesaurus, †Chindesaurus, †Daemonosaurus, †Eodromaeus, †Herrerasauria, †Nhandumirim, †Nyasasaurus?, †Ornithischia, †Pisanosaurus?, †Sauropodomorpha, †Silesauridae? (paraphyletic?), †Smok?, †Tawa, †Thecospondylus
related to Size · 19
Dinosaur → Cenozoic, Cretaceous, Current, Early Jurassic, Earth, For, Giant, Large, Late Jurassic, Mesozoic, National Museum, Natural History, Paraceratherium, Predatory, Sauropod, The, There, This, Triassic

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dinosaurs birds also extinction species evidence theropods early groups modern fossil known many found may would first animals large fossils

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DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Ornithischia1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinitySaurischia †Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Various extinct groups Aves (birds)1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Sauropodomorpha1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinityTheropoda Various extinct groups Aves (birds)1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinityVarious extinct groups1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinityAves (birds)1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Agnosphytis?1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Alwalkeria1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Chilesaurus1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Chindesaurus1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Daemonosaurus1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Eodromaeus1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Nhandumirim1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Nyasasaurus?1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Pisanosaurus?1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Smok?1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Tawa1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Thecospondylus1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Herrerasauria1.00infobox
DinosaurDinosaurs and possible dinosaurs of uncertain affinity†Silesauridae? (paraphyletic?)1.00infobox
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