. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. TEETH 91 they are partially swallowed, thereby losing none of the liquid contents (Fig. 47), Many of the fossil monsters were terribly armed with teeth that grew in sockets or grooves directly out of the jaw-bones. Some also had teeth set in several. Fig. 47.—Dasypeltia-unicolor, in act of swallowing a fowl's egg. rows or pavements, which were used evidently to grind vegetable food, and some had beaklike, duck- shaped jaws, like those of the spoonbUl. Others had rather turtlelike, or birdlike, beaks with a pair of great tusk
. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. TEETH 91 they are partially swallowed, thereby losing none of the liquid contents (Fig. 47), Many of the fossil monsters were terribly armed with teeth that grew in sockets or grooves directly out of the jaw-bones. Some also had teeth set in several. Fig. 47.—Dasypeltia-unicolor, in act of swallowing a fowl's egg. rows or pavements, which were used evidently to grind vegetable food, and some had beaklike, duck- shaped jaws, like those of the spoonbUl. Others had rather turtlelike, or birdlike, beaks with a pair of great tusks projecting, and others had mouths armed with short shai-p teeth, and in their midst were ter- rible fangs, Uke those of dogs and tigers (Figs. 48, 49, and 50).. 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 Baskett, James Newton, 1849-; Ditmars, Raymond Lee, 1876-1942. joint author. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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