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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PAGE 51. Neck vertebræ of Brontosaurus. 1. Front view. 2. Back view 52. Head of Diplodocus. 1. Side view. 2. Front view 153 • • 53. Tooth of Iguanodon. 1. Front aspect. 2. View of the back. a. Serrated margins. b. Apex of the crown worn by use 159 • 54. Skeleton of Iguanodon Bernissartensis 164 55. Skull and skeleton of Iguanodon Mantelli 165 56. Tracks of Iguanodon, much reduced 166 • 57. 1. Skull of Claosaurus annectens, side view. 2. The same, front view 168 58. Skeleton of a large herbivorous Dinosaur, Claosaurus annectens 169 59. Skeleton of a small Dinosaur, Hypsilophodon Foxi 172 60. Reconstruction of skeleton of an armoured Dinosaur, Polacanthus foxi 173 61. Skeleton of Stegosaurus ungulatus 177 • 62. Tail vertebræ of Stegosaurus. 1. Side view. 2. Front view 178 63. Limb-bones of Stegosaurus. 1. Fore leg. 2. Hind leg 179 64. 1, 2. Plates of Stegosaurus 180 65. Skull of Sterrolophus allied to Triceratops 182 66. Bony spines possibly belonging to the skin of Triceratops 67. Skull of Mosasaurus Hoffmanni 184 . 191 68. Teeth of Mosasaurus. 1a, 2a, transverse sections of the teeth 69. Lower tooth of Leiodon. 1. Side view. 2. Profile 70. Superior aspect of the cranium of Platycarpus curtirostris 71. Snout of Tylosaurus 191 193 • • 195 196 .. 72. Skeleton of Dimorphodon macronyx 202 • 73. Skeleton of Scaphognathus crassirostris 203 74. Skeleton of Pterodactylus spectabilis 204 75. Skeleton of Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus 206 • 76. Skull of Pteranodon. 1. Side view. 2. Top view 207 77. Skeleton of a toothless flying reptile (Pteranodon occidentalis). 207 78. Skeleton of the great Pterodactyl Pteranodon 79. The Berlin Archæopteryx. 80. Restoration of Archæopteryx xxxii LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT NO. 81. Skeleton of Hesperornis regalis 82. Skeleton of Ichthyornis victor 83. Restored skeleton of a large bird, Gastornis Edwardsii PAGE 219 . 221 222 • 84. Restored skull and lower jaw of Phororhacos longissimus 85. A. Skeleton of the elephant-footed Moa, Dinornis elephantopus. B. Leg-bones of Dinornis giganteus 226 • • 86. Skeleton of a tapir-like animal, Palæotherium magnum 87. Skeleton, with restored outline, of Anoplotherium commune 88. Skeleton of Hyracotherium venticolum 233 • 235 242 • 89. Skulls and bones of fossil horses, showing evolution. 1. Protorohippus. 2. Mesohippus. 3. Protohippus. 4. Hipparion. 5. Equus caballus 243 90. The evolution of the horse. 1-5, Ancestors of the horse restored 91. Eight-toed Cuban horse 245 248 92. Skeleton of Coryphodon hamatus 250 93. Map of North America in tertiary times 253 94. Skeleton of Tinoceras ingens 254 95. Skull of Dinoceras mirabile 255 • 96. Cast of brain-cavity of Dinoceras mirabile 257 97. Skeleton of Brontops robustus 260 105. Evolution of the elephant 98. Side and top views of skull of Titanotherium 99. Skull and lower jaw of Arsinoëtherium 100. Skull and lower jaw of Mæritherium lyonsi 101. Skull and lower jaw of Palæomastodon beadnelli 102. Skull and lower jaw of Tetrabelodon augustidens 103. Skull and lower jaw of Elephas (Stegodon) ganesa 104. Skeleton of Mastodon arvernensis 106. Skull of Dinotherium giganteum 261 262 • 265 . 265 . 266 267 268 269 107. Skeleton of Mammoth, Elephas primigenius 108. Figure of the Mammoth, engraved on Mammoth ivory LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT xxxiii NO.

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