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Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections

Name: Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
Author: Matthew, William Diller

Matthew, William Diller

Dinosaurs

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DINOSAURS

With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections

by

W. D. MATTHEW

Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology

... '_Dragons of the prime
That tare each other in their slime_'

[Illustration: SKULL OF THE GREAT CARNIVOROUS DINOSAUR
TYRANNOSAURUS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.]

New York
American Museum of Natural History
1915

DINOSAURS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.     The Age of Reptiles. Its Antiquity, Duration
               and Significance in Geological History.               9

CHAPTER II.    North America in the Age of Reptiles.
               Its Geographic and Climatic Changes.                 16

CHAPTER III.   Kinds of Dinosaurs. Common Characters and
               Differences between the various Groups.
               Classification.                                      25

CHAPTER IV.    The Carnivorous Dinosaurs--Allosaurus,
               Tyrannosaurus, Ornitholestes, etc.                   33

CHAPTER V.     The Amphibious Dinosaurs--Brontosaurus,
               Diplodocus, etc.                                     60

CHAPTER VI.    The Beaked Dinosaurs.
               The Iguanodonts--Iguanodon, Camptosaurus.            75

CHAPTER VII.   The Beaked Dinosaurs (continued). The
               Duckbilled Dinosaurs--Trachodon, Saurolophus.        82

CHAPTER VIII.  The Beaked Dinosaurs (continued). The
               Armored Dinosaurs--Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus.       101

CHAPTER IX.    The Beaked Dinosaurs (concluded). The
               Horned Dinosaurs--Triceratops, etc.                 107

CHAPTER X.     Geographical Distribution of Dinosaurs.             114

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