The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-17

In the Bad Lands of Colorado an ani
NAL has been found which is by ar the
largest animal SUPP osed to be capable of
moving on dry land. 1t fed on the forests
OF the time, fact proved by the remains
1ound with 1t. 1t was called the Titanasau-
rus, huge animal, seventy feet in length
and eighty in height. That aye aboundcd
IN Lying reptiles and turtles, beside the
monster saurians already mentioned. Some
OF the land turtles were nine feet in length
and proportlonatcly high. One specimen
now extinct would easily hidco cover two
men, being about four feet high. At that
pe''ou great revolution was eliminating.
Hcrceptlble change is noticed that
'"atlons Of a new era. The BODY
\ ted instead of being dragged
al. C limbs were lengthcncd, and in
animal life at that period the iguanodon
taxes prominent position. The thigh
wnen 1ull-grown was more than four and
half 1cct i'll length, and the crcumfcr-
encc around the head was four and halls
icet. The teeth were o5tusely conical and
latcrally compressed, SO rs TO present a cut
tlng edge, which was scrratcd like the teeth
ol inc Mexican lguana, from which it was
named, AS restored by MIR. Hawkins, it
has slight resemblance to an Immense IT,
ger. DIR. Hawkins say 8, to give an idea of
the size OF that animal, that The iguanodon
as IL now stands in the Crystal Palace is
composed OF four iron columns nine tect in
length ny seven inches in diameter, six
hundred bricks, fifteen hundred and fifty
tiles, thirty eight casks of cement, ninety
casks or broken stone, with one hundred
1cet OF iron hopping and twenty feet of
CUBIC inch bar. Tho specimen was mod.
cled alter the great. .Horsham specimen, and
10 show more clearly the size, the mold
was attcrward converted into Il 'sallc a
manger," in which Professor Forbes, Owen
and twenty other gentlemen saL down to
dinner.
ne great crctaccOus ocean of the West,
that ls now only known to us by its arid
deserts and chalky plains was no less re-
markable Tor its fishes than it's reptiles and
swarmcd with large forms related to the
salmon and saury. Vcrtebr;p and other
fragments of those species project from the
worn limestone III many places, and one of
them attracts attention by its formidable
appearance. The density and hardness OF
the bones had shed the rain off on either
slde, SO that the radiating cutters and ru-
vines finally isolated the stony monster.
lhe head was some inches longer than that
OF tull-grown grizzly bear, aud the Jaws
were deeper i'll proportion to their length.
Ihe muZzle was shorter and deeper than
that OF bulldog. The teeth were all sharp
cylindrlc fangs, smooth and glstcning, and
OF IRE gular size. bat certain points in each
jaw they projected three inches above the
gum, and were sunk ono inch into deep
pits, being thus rs long rs the fangs of a
Tiger, but more slender. Two pairs of such
fangs crossed each other on each side of the
end OF the snout. That fish is known as
Porthcus AlolossNs. Beside the smaller
fishes the reptiles no doubt supplied the
demands OF their appetite. The ocean in
WHICH houilshcu tnis onunh.., .~d .,in,
rous HE was at last completely incloscd on
Tho west ny elevations of sea bottom, so
that IL only communicated with the Allan
tic and Pacific at the Gulf of Mexico and
Arctic Sea. The continued elevation OF
both eastern and western shores contract
ed lis area, and when ridges OF the sea bot.
TOM reached the surface, forming long, Dw
bars, parts of the water aic. were lnc.osed,
ana connection with salt WAGER prevented.
Ihus were the living beings imprisoned and
subjected TO many new r,oiS. f.Ic ST. on lcr
could more readily Capture The weaker,
while the fishes would gradually pcrlsn
tnrouSn thc Cons.a II lIcs.rcning or the
water. With the death Of any Considcra-
Ole class the balance oi iood supply would
DC lost, ana many mrg,r species would dis-
appear lrOm the scene. The most cnllEr-
Ing would longest resist the approach of
starvation, but would finally yield 10 mex
oraole 1alc; the last one beng caught by
the shifting bottom among tho shallow
pools, from which his exhausted encrpics
could not cXtricatc him.