. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. JURASSIC ANIMALS. 441. Fig. 692.—Tooth of an Iguanodon. phant. It was impossible from these to form any idea of its general In 1880, however, several complete skeletons were found in Belgium and restored by Dollo. From these it is learned that the animal certainly walked on its hind-legs, using its power- ful tail also as a support; also that the anterior part of its jaws was toothless and covered with horn, so as to form a nipping-beak like a turtle's. Fig. 693 is a restoration by De Pauw. The M
. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. JURASSIC ANIMALS. 441. Fig. 692.—Tooth of an Iguanodon. phant. It was impossible from these to form any idea of its general In 1880, however, several complete skeletons were found in Belgium and restored by Dollo. From these it is learned that the animal certainly walked on its hind-legs, using its power- ful tail also as a support; also that the anterior part of its jaws was toothless and covered with horn, so as to form a nipping-beak like a turtle's. Fig. 693 is a restoration by De Pauw. The Megalosaur was a somewhat smaller but probably a more formida- ble carnivorous reptile, which lived through the whole Jurassic period. Its huge jaws were armed with large, curved, flattened, saber-like teeth. A femur has been found forty-two inches long (Phillips), and a tibia thirty-six inches. The animal was at least thirty feet long (Owen). Fig. 694 is a restoration of the head of this animal by Phillips, and Fig. 695 is a restoration of the skeleton of the Scelidosaurus, an animal allied to the Megalosaur. The Megalosaurs also were bipedal. The Ceteosaur (whale-lizard) was the largest reptile —- }-et found in Eu- Fig. 693.—Iguanodon Bernessartensis, restored by De Pauw. rone though much larger have been found in the Jurassic of the United States. It has been classed among the Crocodilians, but Prof. Phillips has shown that its true position is among the Dinosaurs. A thigh-bone has been found sixty-four inches long, 27*5 inches in circumference at the shaft, forty- six inches and 44-25 inches in circumference at the two ends respect- ively (Fig. 696). According to Phillips, the animal was at least fifty feet long, ten feet high when standing, and of bulk proportionate. It was probably like the Iguanodon a vegetable feeder. The HylcBOsaur was another huge reptile of the same period, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have b
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