Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days

The book that introduced the public to dinosaurs: sea-lizards, flying dragons, mammoths and the first horse, drawn from life by J. Smit and told by a clergyman-geologist who thought the museum's 'relics of a former world' deserved a storyteller.

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XII. (1) Model of Pareiasaurus karpinskii (by Prof. Amalitzky). (2) Skeleton of Pareiasaurus karpinskii . 116 XIII. Model of Naosaurus restored. From Permian strata of Texas 119 XIV. A large-horned Dinosaur, Ceratosaurus 133 XV. Skeleton of huge carnivorous Dinosaur, Allosaurus 135 XVI. Models of Laelaps restored 140 XVII. The oldest-known Dinosaur, Anchisaurus. (From North America) 145 XVIII. Thigh-bone of a huge Dinosaur, Atlantosaurus XIX. A gigantic Dinosaur, Brontosaurus excelsus XX. Hind-leg bones of Diplodocus XXI. Plaster-cast of skeleton of Diplodocus 148 151 .

LIST OF PLATES PLATE XXII. The greatest known Dinosaur, Diplodocus TO FACE PAGE XXIII. Iguanodon bernissartensis 164 XXIV. A large herbivorous Dinosaur, Claosaurus. (From North America) 169 XXV. A small Dinosaur, Hypsilophodon 173 XXVI. Stegosaurus ungulatus 179 XXVII. (1) The late Prof. O. C. Marsh. (2) Restored skeleton of Triceratops prorsus 182 XXVIII. Reconstructed skeleton of a great herbivorous Dinosaur, Triceratops prorsus 185 XXIX. The last of the Dinosaurs, Triceratops prorsus Frontispiece XXX. Skeletons of Mosasauroid reptiles 191 • XXXI. Restoration of Tylosaurus XXXII. Group of small flying dragons XXXIII. Restoration of giant Pterodactyl XXXIV. A gigantic diver, Hesperornis 197 205 209 217 • XXXV. The Dodo, Didus ineptus 221 XXXVI. Phororhacos, a Patagonian giant 222 . • XXXVII. The late Sir Richard Owen and a skeleton of the Moa 225 XXXVIII. Moas from New Zealand 227 • XXXIX. Tapir-like animals. Eocene period 235 • XL. Coryphodon. Eocene period 251 • XLI. A large extinct mammal, Tinoceras ingens 255 XLII. A huge extinct mammal, Brontops robustus 261 • XLIII.

Arsinoëtherium zitteli 263 XLIV. Evolution of the elephant. An early ancestor, Maritherium 265 XLV. Evolution of the elephant. Second stage, Palæomastodon 267 XLVI. The evolution of the elephant. Third stage, Tetrabelodon 269 XLVII. An ancient elephantine monster, Dinotherium XLVIII. Remains of Mammoth, Jakutsk XLIX. The Mammoth, Elephas primigenius PLATE LIST OF PLATES L. Cast of skeleton of Megatherium • • TO FACE PAGE 285 287 • • LI. Great ground sloth of South America, Megatherium LII. (1) The late Sir Richard Owen. (2) Skeleton of Glyptodon clavipes LIII. A gigantic Armadillo, Glyptodon asper.

LIV. Remains of Diprotodon, Lake Callabonna LV. Restored skeleton of Diprotodon australis 291 293 309 • 311 NO.

LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT 1. Tracks 2. Footprints of Cheirotherium 3. Portion of a slab of new red sandstone with tracks 4. Portion of a slab with tracks • 5. Footprints from the Connecticut sandstone 6. Pterygotus anglicus PAGE 35 1. 39 44 • 45 48 51 56 64 66 67 70 70 78 80 89 92 • 95 97 • 98 99 • 99 7. Silurian Merostomata 8. Ichthyosaurus intermedius 9. Teeth of Ichthyosaurus platyodon 10. Skull of Ichthyosaurus latifrons 11. Head of Ichthyosaurus platyodon 12. Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris 13. Mandibles of sea-lizards 14. Plesiosaurus macrocephalus 15. Magnified section of tooth of Labyrinthodon 16. Skull of a Labyrinthodont, Mastodonsaurus Jægeri 17. Part of skeleton of a Labyrinthodont, Archegosaurus (Decheni). 18. Skull of Archegosaurus 19. Labyrinthodonts. 1, a, b, Cricotus. 2. Head of Eryops • 20. Skull of Eryops macrocephalus • 21. Skeleton of a Labyrinthodont, Actinodon 22. A small Labyrinthodont, Ceraterpeton 23. A snake-like Labyrinthodont, Dolichosoma LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT NO.

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