. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 152 STORY OF THE REPTILES land, on account of its weiglit. Another, with ordi- nary feet, had a bill like that of a spoonbill or "shoveler" duck, and fed only on more tender aquatic plants, as is shown by its teeth (Fig. 72). Upon this the terrible Lmla/ps—the talon-toed flesh- eater—is supposed to have Fig. 72.—Didonms mirabilis x ^ (after Cope). If we glance at Fig. Y3, on page 153, we laay note how birdhke these reptiles were in shape, yet the resemblance was stronger still in structure. It is not necessar
. The story of the amphibians and the reptiles. Amphibians; Reptiles. 152 STORY OF THE REPTILES land, on account of its weiglit. Another, with ordi- nary feet, had a bill like that of a spoonbill or "shoveler" duck, and fed only on more tender aquatic plants, as is shown by its teeth (Fig. 72). Upon this the terrible Lmla/ps—the talon-toed flesh- eater—is supposed to have Fig. 72.—Didonms mirabilis x ^ (after Cope). If we glance at Fig. Y3, on page 153, we laay note how birdhke these reptiles were in shape, yet the resemblance was stronger still in structure. It is not necessary, howeverj to believe that birds came from these monsters; but there were some strong bird ward tendencies at work then. On page 154 are the cuts of soriie tracks made by thfese old three-toed bipedal walkers (Fig. 74). One of the most peculiar of these giants has been called the fin-backed lizard. It was aquatic, swim- ming by a long flattened tail. The spines on the upper side of the back-bone grew up into a great high arch like a fin; and these, quite likely, had membranes over them or between them. On one of these, found by Professor Cope, there were cross-arms as on the mast of a ship. We can see no use for. 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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