New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

the portion of diplodocus, found in 1897,
derive interest from a discovery of the
last ST mer, to be mentioned presently. The
liplod is is a dinosaur but more slender and
long lih,bed than most of its relatives, sur
passing the graceful brOntosaUrus in this re-
spect. It's length must have been somewhere
between sixty and seventy feet. Hence it was
one of the largest of extinct mammals The dip
lodocus had a wonderfully long, strong tail
which must have been of immense service in
swimming. Professor Osborn says: There is a
traditional view that these animals were slug
gish and ponderous. This may be true in a
measure of the brOntosaurus. In the case of
The diplodocus it is unsupported by facts AS
compared with the crocodilian or cetacean type
the skeleton of the diplodocus is a marvel of con-
struction. 1t is a mechanical triumph of great
size lightness and strength"
In the famous Bone Cabin quarry at Como
Bluffs, Wyoming, there found in 1897 the
thigh bones. hip bones and tail of one of these
wonderful reptiles Last summer, while pros
pectng in the same region. representatives of
the museum discovered the backbone of an
other specimen. This includes fifteen vertebrae
Should critical examination show that it belongs
to the same species as the other, and its size
prove approximately Identical. the new speci-
men can be combined with the old one. COM
and few vertebrR of the neck but this years
discovery is particularly welcome.
The party which went 10 Wyoming this year
under the guidance of Mr. Granger also OBJ
tanned portions of several skulls which are be
Heved to represent carnivorous dinosaurs. Most
dinosaurs were herbivorous. The new finds are
therefore rare and valuable
\ second party went from the museum in
yearch of dinosaurs this year 1t visited the eX-
treme western part of South Dakota, and was
led by Barnum Brown. Representatives of the
Cretaceous period were sought The party was
successful in securing the complete skeleton of
a reptile named the claosaurus by Marsh. This
monster had d bill which resembles that of the
hadrosaurus duck-billed dinosaur, though it
is not wide. From this feature Professor Os-
born is inclined to think that the claosaurus
an ancestor of the hadrosaurus. OF the latter
by the way, what is probably the finest speci-
men known was acquired by the museum with
Cope Collection No. , The Dakota party also
exhumed a considerable portion of an armOred
dinosaur This specimen either illustrates an
entirely species or has hitherto been rep
resented only by fragments in the Yale Univer-
sty museum,
A third expedition dispatched for dino
saurs to the Black Hills under the leadership
of G. r. Wieland whose services were lent to
the museum by the authorities of Yale. The
special object of search is additional remains
of the barosaurus which possesses a particularly
long slender neck and was probably first
cousin Of the brontosaurus
The region in Texas from which the skeletons
of the native American horse We're recovered
last year was revisited this season and the re
mains of more mature hOrs of the same species
were found Another interesting discovery in
that locality the skull of a primitive type of
elephant, closely resembling the Pliocene ele-