. Animals before man in North America; their lives and times. Paleontology. Dragons of Sea and A ir 10^ feet from tip to tip of wings, tlie albatross at times does a little better, but Ornithostoma reached 10 feet when he was young; in his prime he had an expanse of wing of 20 Skeleton of the great pterodactyl Ornithostoma compared with the skeleton of a condor. And if his beak was toothless, it was a yard or more long and as sharp as a dagger, while the entire skull measured nearly 4 feet in length—45 inches, to be quite accurate.* The structure of this great flying creature was a marv
. Animals before man in North America; their lives and times. Paleontology. Dragons of Sea and A ir 10^ feet from tip to tip of wings, tlie albatross at times does a little better, but Ornithostoma reached 10 feet when he was young; in his prime he had an expanse of wing of 20 Skeleton of the great pterodactyl Ornithostoma compared with the skeleton of a condor. And if his beak was toothless, it was a yard or more long and as sharp as a dagger, while the entire skull measured nearly 4 feet in length—45 inches, to be quite accurate.* The structure of this great flying creature was a marvel of lightness not exceeded by that of a racing yacht, and the largest of the finger- * It is to be understood that these measurements apply to the largest specimens only. The majority were much smaller than this. 211. 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, D. Appleton and company
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