. Review of reviews and world's work . Germanpaleontologist led by Eberhard Fraas in theTendaguru district of German East this find, others in the Kilwa dis-trict of the same colony have been made,about eighteen different localities in all. Professor Branca compares one of theimmense new fossils with the mounted skele-ton of the diplodocus which Carnegie pre-sented to the Imperial Museum, and verymuch to the disadvantage of the latter. Thediplodocus has heretofore been known asabout the largest of all land animals so fardiscovered, but the new giant appears to beat least one-thi
. Review of reviews and world's work . Germanpaleontologist led by Eberhard Fraas in theTendaguru district of German East this find, others in the Kilwa dis-trict of the same colony have been made,about eighteen different localities in all. Professor Branca compares one of theimmense new fossils with the mounted skele-ton of the diplodocus which Carnegie pre-sented to the Imperial Museum, and verymuch to the disadvantage of the latter. Thediplodocus has heretofore been known asabout the largest of all land animals so fardiscovered, but the new giant appears to beat least one-third larger, and possibly twiceas large, to judge by the bone measurementscited by Professor Branca. The new skele-ton, along with others, is now in the processof unpacking and reconstruction in Berlin,which will doubtless require many months. The longest rib of the diplodocus has alength of 73 inches, while one of the ribs (not known to be the longest) from the Africanreptile measures about 98 inches. The long- r—7ft. — 6 —5 —Z. COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS OF HUMERUS OR UPPER ARM BONE OF (a) MAN, {b) THE NEW CRETACEOUS REPTILE FROM THE TEXDAGURU DISTRICT OF GERMAN EAST AFRICA, (c) ELEPHANT LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH 97 est neck vertebra of diplodocus has a correct, practically all of the big skeletons inlength of 25 inches; one of those from the fossil hall of the American Museum ofAfrica (perhaps not the longest), 47 Natural History must be taken down andinches, nearly twice as great. The remounted, and when this is done will pre-humerus (upper arm bone) of diplodo- sent a very different appearance from what TT—r^ ^^^ ^^ 37 inches they now do. It is a serious indictment 3!IIIXL7Tr>>v long, and two against the ability and knowledge of Ameri-of the upper can paleontologists, since they are the onesarm who were originally responsible for the settingi,_. //—-^^ which is contended to be rad- ically wrong. DIPLODOCUS AS RECONSTRU?TED BY GERMAN PALEONTOLOGISTS Briefly,
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