Animals of the PastLucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus)
Science
Animals of the Past
Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus)
Paleontology
5. Pterichthys, the Wing Fish 32
6. Where a Dinosaur Sat Down 38
7. Footprints of Dinosaurs on the Brownstone of the Connecticut
Valley _From a slab in the museum of Amherst College._ 40
8. The Track of a Three-toed Dinosaur 47
9. A Great Sea Lizard, _Tylosaurus Dyspelor From a drawing by
J. M. Gleeson._ 52
10. Jaw of a Mosasaur, Showing the Joint that Increased the
Swallowing Capacity of that Reptile 54
11. Koch's Hydrarchus. Composed of Portions of the Skeletons of
Several Zeuglodons 62
12. A Tooth of Zeuglodon, One of the "Yoke Teeth," from which it
derives the name 69
13. Archaeopteryx, the Earliest Known Bird _From the specimen in
the Berlin Museum._ 70
14. Nature's Four Methods of Making a Wing: Bat, Pteryodactyl,
Archaeopteryx, and Modern Bird 72
15. Young Hoactzins 75
16. Hesperornis, the Great Toothed Diver _From a drawing by J.
M. Gleeson._ 82
17. Archaeopteryx _As Restored by Mr. Pycraft._ 89
18. Thespesius, a Common Herbivorous Dinosaur of the Cretaceous
_From a drawing by Charles R. Knight._ 90
19. A Hind Leg of the Great Brontosaurus, the Largest of the
Dinosaurs 96
20. A Single Vertebra of Brontosaurus 97
21. Moloch, a Modern Lizard that Surpasses the Stegosaurs in All
but Size _From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson._ 100
22. Skeleton of Triceratops 103
23. The Horned Ceratosaurus, a Carnivorous Dinosaur _From a
drawing by J. M. Gleeson._ 106
24. Stegosaurus, an Armored Dinosaur of the Jurassic _From a
drawing by Charles R. Knight._ 108
25. Skull of Ceratosaurus _From a specimen in the United States
National Museum._ 110
26. Triceratops, He of the Three-horned Face _From a statuette
by Charles R. Knight._ 126
27. A Hint of Buried Treasures 137
28. Relics of the Moa 140
29. Eggs of Feathered Giants, AEpyornis, Ostrich, Moa, Compared
with a Hen's Egg 148
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