Page 27 - Dinosaur (DK Eyewitness Books)

SKELETONS COMPARED
Dorsal vertebra Skull Strip off their skin and flesh, and you can
(backbone) match the skeletons of this Tyrannosaurus
Pelvis Skull and human being almost bone for bone.
(hip bone) Their bones bear the same names, because
they both inherited them from the same
fishy ancestor. The main difference between
Vertebra
the pictured skeletons is in the number and
Manus proportion of some bones. Tyrannosaurus
(hand) has a longer skull, although the human
skull is also large in proportion to the
Caudal vertebra Manus Coccyx Rib body. The dinosaur has enough vertebrae
(tail bone) Rib (hand) (tail bone) to form a long tail, while humans have
Tibia one tail bone, known as the coccyx.
(shin bone) Pelvis
(hip bone)
Phalanx Phalanx
(toe bone) (toe bone) Tibia
(shin bone)
Tyrannosaurus Human
skeleton skeleton

DINOSAUR DAWN
One of the earliest dinosaurs was Eoraptor
(“dawn thief”), which lived 228 million years
ago. Like all theropods, this small, two-legged
hunter had erect legs and grasping hands for
seizing prey. But it lacked some features seen in
most saurischians (lizard-hipped dinosaurs).
For instance, its neck and thumbs were
relatively shorter than those of other
theropods or sauropodomorphs.

Eoraptor