. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 228 VERTEBRATA: REPTILIA OR REPTILES. a total length of fifty feet, and its neck, with over sixty vertebrae, was twenty-five feet long! But, if possible, still more wonderful sea-saurians are included in the genus Mosasaurus. These Sea-saurians, unlike those previously mentioned, have the teeth in sockets, and their body covered with bony plates. The remains of more than forty species have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of New Jersey, the Gulf States, and Kansas. They were exceedingly snake-like in their appear- ance, and some of them were at le
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 228 VERTEBRATA: REPTILIA OR REPTILES. a total length of fifty feet, and its neck, with over sixty vertebrae, was twenty-five feet long! But, if possible, still more wonderful sea-saurians are included in the genus Mosasaurus. These Sea-saurians, unlike those previously mentioned, have the teeth in sockets, and their body covered with bony plates. The remains of more than forty species have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of New Jersey, the Gulf States, and Kansas. They were exceedingly snake-like in their appear- ance, and some of them were at least seventy-five feet long ! They were the " Sea-Serpents " of the old Creta- ceous oceans. SUB-SECTION VII. THE ORDER OF PTEROSAURIA OR FLYING SAURIANS. ALL the members of this order are also extinct. The name Pterosaurus comes from the Greek pteron, a wing, FIG. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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