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Dragons and dinosaurs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2016

James O. Farlow
James O. Farlow*
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Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, 2101 Coliseum Boulevard East, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805
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For paleobiologists interested in extinct carnivorous reptiles, publication of Walter Auffenberg's (1981) 13–month field study of the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), or ora, as he prefers to call it, provides a useful portrait of a reptile as the top predator of a terrestrial community. A great deal of information about the ora's habitat utilization, activity patterns, diet, social behavior, and reproduction is presented.

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Paleobiology , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , Summer 1983 , pp. 207 - 210
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