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dromaeosaur The origins of birds.
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Three parasaurolophus stand on a rock beach. Pterasaurs fly over head and a small mammal watches the dinosaurs as they meander along the water's edge.
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Illustration of a group of Brachiosaurus dinosaurs in the water. Sauropod late Jurassic to early Cretaceous
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Illustration of a group of Brachiosaurus dinosaurs in the water. Sauropod late Jurassic to early Cretaceous
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Flamingo. (flamingos, birds)
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
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Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
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Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
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dromaeosaur: References & Edit History

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Added interactive. Aug 21, 2024
Added diagram of body and foot morphology of a dromaeosaur. Jan 27, 2011
Updated geologic time data. May 25, 2010
Revised to reflect updated geologic time scale. Aug 11, 2008
Added new Web site: University of California, Berkeley: Museum of Paleontology - The Dromaeosauridae. Jun 27, 2006
Article revised. Sep 27, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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