. The testimony of the rocks; . PLESIOSAURUS DOLICHODEIRUS. iUas.) ons as strange as were ever feigned by romancer of the Fior 64. PTERODACTYLUS CRASSIROSTRIS. (Oolite.) middle ages, and that to the j:iws and teeth of ^the croco-dile added the wings of a hat and the body and tail of an HI ST 011Y OF ANIMALS. 109 ordinary mammal, had the power of the air, and, pur-suing the fleetest insects in their flight, captured and borethem doTVTi; * its lakes and rivers abounded in crocodilesand fresh water tortoises of ancient type and flishion ; andits woods and plains were the haunts of a strange repti
. The testimony of the rocks; . PLESIOSAURUS DOLICHODEIRUS. iUas.) ons as strange as were ever feigned by romancer of the Fior 64. PTERODACTYLUS CRASSIROSTRIS. (Oolite.) middle ages, and that to the j:iws and teeth of ^the croco-dile added the wings of a hat and the body and tail of an HI ST 011Y OF ANIMALS. 109 ordinary mammal, had the power of the air, and, pur-suing the fleetest insects in their flight, captured and borethem doTVTi; * its lakes and rivers abounded in crocodilesand fresh water tortoises of ancient type and flishion ; andits woods and plains were the haunts of a strange reptilianfauna of what has been well termed fearfully great lizards,^- some of which, such as the iguanodon, rivalled the largest^jelephant in height, and greatly more than rivalled him inlength and bulk. Judging from what remams, it-seems notimprobable that the reptiles of this Oolitic period were Fig. 65.
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