. Fig. 17.—First metacarpal of Brontosaurus amplus Marsh; front view. Fig. 18.—The same "bone; side view. Fig. 19.—Proximal end of same. Fig. 20.—Distal end of same. All the figures are one-fourth natural size. THE HIND LIMBS. The hind liinbs of Brontosaurus were larger than those in front, and the bones were all solid, thus being in remarkable contrast to the ele- ments of the vertebral column. The hind feet were plantigrade, and had five powerful digits. The first was very stout, and its terminal phalanx, shown in figs. 21-23, supported a powerful claw. RESTORATION OF BRONTOSAURUS. Plat
. Fig. 17.—First metacarpal of Brontosaurus amplus Marsh; front view. Fig. 18.—The same "bone; side view. Fig. 19.—Proximal end of same. Fig. 20.—Distal end of same. All the figures are one-fourth natural size. THE HIND LIMBS. The hind liinbs of Brontosaurus were larger than those in front, and the bones were all solid, thus being in remarkable contrast to the ele- ments of the vertebral column. The hind feet were plantigrade, and had five powerful digits. The first was very stout, and its terminal phalanx, shown in figs. 21-23, supported a powerful claw. RESTORATION OF BRONTOSAURUS. Plate XLII. Nearly all the bones represented in this restoration belonged to a single individual, which when alive was nearly or quite 60 feet in length. The position here given was mainly determined by a careful adjustment of these remains. That the animal at times assumed a posi- tion more erect than here represented is probable, but locomotion on the posterior limbs alone was hardly possible.
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