. Animals before man in North America; their lives and times. Paleontology. Animals Before Man liuman was seriously considered by several of the professors of the Yale Medical School. It may also be noted here that the first di- nosaur to be recognized as representing quite a distinct order of reptiles was the carnivorous Megalosaurus, great lizard, discovered near Ox- ford, England, in 1824. The Theropoda contains not only the oldest known and the smallest dinosaurs, but those whose structure most nearly resembles that of birds. While the gen- eral appearance of the feet of many species is mu
. Animals before man in North America; their lives and times. Paleontology. Animals Before Man liuman was seriously considered by several of the professors of the Yale Medical School. It may also be noted here that the first di- nosaur to be recognized as representing quite a distinct order of reptiles was the carnivorous Megalosaurus, great lizard, discovered near Ox- ford, England, in 1824. The Theropoda contains not only the oldest known and the smallest dinosaurs, but those whose structure most nearly resembles that of birds. While the gen- eral appearance of the feet of many species is much like that of birds, there is still one important differ- ence. In all birds, even the early Archaeopteryx, the metatarsals—the bones cor- responding to those in the sole of our foot— unite to form one bone. The three bones are separate in very young birds, and they may readily be seen in the foot of a penguin. In 168. Foot-bones of Ornitho- mimus, a dinosaur, and of a young tur- 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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