General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . THE DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR (Trachodon). These remarkable herbivorous dinosaurs had a curious duck-like bill used in gathering aquatic vegetation. They walked on their hind legs or swam about using the tail as a propeller C43]. \ GIANT FLYING RFPTIFF {Pteranodon longiceps), the largest known American flying reptile with toothless skull and long, pointed beak two large Trachodon skeletons are equippedwith flat, expanded jaws which enabled chemto strain out and crush the water plants andmollusks growing abundantly in
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . THE DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR (Trachodon). These remarkable herbivorous dinosaurs had a curious duck-like bill used in gathering aquatic vegetation. They walked on their hind legs or swam about using the tail as a propeller C43]. \ GIANT FLYING RFPTIFF {Pteranodon longiceps), the largest known American flying reptile with toothless skull and long, pointed beak two large Trachodon skeletons are equippedwith flat, expanded jaws which enabled chemto strain out and crush the water plants andmollusks growing abundantly in the Cre-taceous swamps where they fed. Nearby is aremarkable Trachodon specimen in whichthe impression of a large part of the skin hasbeen preserved, giving us definite informa-tion as to the covering of the animal. Two extraordinarv armored dinosaurs arerepresented by parts of their , winch has been called themost ponderous animated citadel the world has ever seen, was protected about its headand body by thick plates of bone, while dietail, instead of tapering to a point, ended ina great bony ball. Nearby is the fore parr ofPalaeoscinczis, whose sides bristled with hugebony spines and whose back was protectedby bony plates. On the right and left of the entrance aretwo lightl
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