. Animals of the past. Paleontology. before whose huge frames the bones of the Mam- moth, that famihar by- word for all things great, seem slight. For Brontosaurus, the Thunder Lizard, beneath whose mighty tread the earth shook, and his kin- dred were from 40 to 60 feet long and 10 to 14 feet higli, their thigh bones measuring 5 to 6 feet in length, being the largest single bones known to us, while some of the vertebrae were 4J feet high, exceeding in dimen- sions those of a whale. The group to which Brontosaurus belongs, including ^^ Diplodocus and Fig. 19.— A Hind Leg Morosaurus, is dis- of
. Animals of the past. Paleontology. before whose huge frames the bones of the Mam- moth, that famihar by- word for all things great, seem slight. For Brontosaurus, the Thunder Lizard, beneath whose mighty tread the earth shook, and his kin- dred were from 40 to 60 feet long and 10 to 14 feet higli, their thigh bones measuring 5 to 6 feet in length, being the largest single bones known to us, while some of the vertebrae were 4J feet high, exceeding in dimen- sions those of a whale. The group to which Brontosaurus belongs, including ^^ Diplodocus and Fig. 19.— A Hind Leg Morosaurus, is dis- of the Great Brontosaurus, tiuffuished bv a the Largest of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929. New York, McClure, Phillips & Co.
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