Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-05
MAKING A TRICERATops
sciegce Supplies Missing Parts of a.
1 ton

4ilhdle-age1 ~ersors who uera hro,,..,
w On me schoolbooS story Of Ct1vler
"HnilE 70 reconstruct .. whole anirn,t .
~ pest ola iTom one bore. tnust nra,4a- ?
i'Nise their imprc ss.pt,s Of r,4tann,otts'
III me latest annual report OF Inc 81 20
1oiish Institution appears q par,ar l.
.dr,ion r. l.nchs' acting curator OF IA
non -. vertebrate fossils m \,
SationIl Museum On The yostn,, NJ W
! 81 Extinct Animals" when cglIs a,tH,
non 20 the iact that the law Of oorrAin
, .luh, "h!cii wa tn" basis Of Curier,s Nj. =
tnrations ~ not VI unIverraI .,,'r 1It Ies
~ " geHrrs--y true thar rhe ,n,sa ~
laws OF Il eat would be found IN co,nts.4.
Win t'ctn i.tted for deyoufiug fesb p ~,
h"fHh ana HopfE. with teeth adartad ~. w
IfoppinE "rass ana chewing. the e,Id. ~ ~
| !JieI dtcottrI"s Of fossil remains 20 ~
WoN"d tnat At is unsafe 10 count ,I,s,
th~s' combinations as .nyarlable HI.
siHan'lD Hsufea 81 extinct animals whint
eterv visitor 70 the Syderharn r,,...5i
fdlace has noticed were constructas" :.
ilHu- .cl"nt data, and If they were ,n ~
made no" would undoubtedly ar,nroaa u
inlch nearer tne truth Of science. Our VI.
stor+rs are stiIl Obliged 10 depend - "
certain seneralizatIors derived from ,bSl
o1act'atiOns Of combinations hi 1,.ar
nature today, bIt NJ many Of the sacres.
81 the prehistoric geological strata n.y.
been revealed within the lgst feu, ,aa.
That We have made n long forvard III III,
IN me aft ~ reconstruction. "''''e
MI. Lucas illustrates the rne.t,os
pursued In building up an image Of !, ~, ~
historic animal ICr museum burmese " !,
~" 80 Q! inc great reptile known Al III
tf-'efAtoi's. or 'tnf horn 5aL-e \. 81 u1p;n iii
a paplef-macne skeleton was uterared TIA an
me BuHalo EXPOSITION, ana z srnsu 49, -.
"I t.1e entlr" animal Tsade to shoy 49,
pfobao!E looked like when roamitt' t-a 4.
-rflh. only fractions ~ ,ae real III Iii. Vii
nave vet been found but enough, banss ", 4,
nE-iiHs Ish IL ~ 4 reptile, ana not = mn,
- fa.r HfEFka
| Win I.dlcau lions hat the rkult cca.I t II
b@ak ~omt thing ike that ~ 4 ~ - +. \
t4rti". Although the lower Jaw Is IarttIass
u + reasoned from analogy INT ~
tlhed J. 4 bTak 70 match thar n, III,
| skull. Had the n!rf Ir2s l,re,7 -is,, ~ II
| tlcfatel! long. IL would have ingic:,
tHat tic animal often or bHbi,-Y,t
! "Lthed ffect; but as there il onIv erde,as
uIlIti.hc' between fore ana hind ~. n
permit ~ ff"WsIIl- comfortable from
EfoLAi. and tho 81 10 Is n /. rs,a IN, ~
creature Nri:ld -:tvc been ron-pcs'.,- - - ~
4 MA stood upright. il has hrc, NJ - :.
li TOUT SHa'l fiMts III comr4 risop ,rt,,'
other bones Would W. irttrnro,na W"
/ meaning that heir owner IA .ad So, tii -
I ~ N" "ater, while s0Ilf honrg -
{ "lll.'f y -ltEEiSI animal Cr oun Nv 1
! n rs a~Iatic habit. Though fsy h t,ptr
/ q u" lctt nav" been found The al, ~
r"hapi!itI"s suggests rec toe ~ -, %
nlHd loot alc I'VE On the fore TO-, -
/ n the latter devoid nf claws tn .t ~
7 hlInt. round claw among the bn.e. 49,,
-H""s. iE" tho ie-tE, that the anjnDSi
: v a iie!D!'ofDLS; the TACT thar II rni.,
4 Z Hii!e downward also indicates ,fat \;
! the irinE animal the sole II tha foot NJ.
e tN4ck. soft PAD. SGineR NAT u II IL in -
4 ellen ant and rninnczrcS. ana thor ,bs+sa
! WEI" not entirely Tree from one aro.ber
| l,.- than dozen vertebrate. ara aii
I ever iIh.. With q rev scattered riaoe.
oHer the only basis Tor demonstrating .
D D- - ieet .onE. The restoration /.
- n "a
. Indicated hy the rarid tan-r VI liz III
N-ftebra+ available: and th-se sugge.,
too, that in lie the tai! VS. long md 40,
! hdtisned. and that II served neither fas
| winning nor Tor q balancing p0le
E+ierence ha~ been made In iha IAN. N
probability. The scientific CORDS hayl Ill
d"dFcred 10 restrict this law within re-,
/ -ohatle limits but some of lis clements
alt interesting. # appears p he q unirer-
( raj rule. Ter instance. that 4 bir1 il
clothed IN feathers. for il contemporans-
ots nature 10 other creature has fastr.rs
ana no bird i without them. although
tH-H may pf 70 modified aS u throw
DOUBT 1i nrst upon tLe.r identity tnnthe-
general Proposition regarding hirds 4
ma Matei-it WI have thick and close leath.
RI. ana strictly terrestrial birds HYs
ih- rstr!cA, have r!umes which are IA
anu long; but This rIle mast be gllardat
N its application on account OF such rssas
= mat Of the peug lin. which sinrs Il
depends Tor warmth upon its fat rather
than ite feathers. has feathers with chat.
dCtt rl>tlcS Of both scales ana hair Hair
and iIr belong 10 mammals only though
IN "hotiY marine whales have, a smooth
tE' Sippery skin. well ada Dtei 10 nav
ins through the water relying for
warmth en- :. Thick unIerShirt 81 bIInhsr
The eariess seals. which pass mulch Of
th@iI urae on the icr, also depend for
warmth uPon their brlter ana have. ouit
enough hair II keep their skin from alb
Solute contact with the ice: on tho other
H3Ti. th- fur seal rhaf.et
q fh-ir warmth from their Int have coat
III ilr ana hair. rs they spend much oi
me Ne1i On land.
Neither feathers nor fur and hair aratq
% ASSUMED in The case OF 4 reptile bun a
kre.tt variety ~ plates and scales aher
themselves Tor choice. The r-con<tructor
- puzzled often 10 know where 10 supply
such ornamental features as folds and
iril!s. cr-stS and deglaps, which VIZ find
among the I've reptiles Of our time and OF
which the material Il too fragile 20 leave
fossil traces. About the only "a fe rule 10
follow j. 10 restrict these TO such places
On the body would insure their not get
hns needlessly in the way Of the animals
activity. Following ihcsare general anal
ogy. We should not give a dinosplir %
smooth. ruhbery hide and show him wax
lnS about on dr-- lana, ior only eNclttsit
~ aquatic creatures. like whales among
ma nmal> and SalamanderS among ba-
tTachidns are clothed in -Ich : skin This
does not preclude the idea that an AQUATIC
Tie water; ana vnen We ma vertebr$s-. III
adapted tor carrying the weight OF 4 Land
ahiinal. but III company with high limbs
and feet it is fair u guess that their
owner passed at least / part OF his time
on the dry earth
Ii Will moi do Ia jump too hastily t.
conclusions from or mental associations
with the habits and traits ri certain liv-
inE animals. ur "Mn elephants and
rhnoccrrSes are al tropical. and hence
II was al first supposed that the NAM
moths ard rhinoctroses found in Siberia
1nd -'orthern Europe proved that .le
climate az those regions Ras mild 1T tie
time they lived; hut the more or les COM
plcte specimens discov-.cd in recent
years show l-..t, they had a woo.y c0ver-
ing-an indication that the climate cou.d
not have hecn 80 very mild. Tho tiger
is another animal We associate WIN
warm countries, such rs India. but We
Know that IL ranges 50 lar north a. IN
som" instances % prey unun reindeer. and
thor iS clad in thick iur.
Having determined With soma degree OF
prohah lutv- the texture and form OF tht'
covering Of an extinct animal, we must
proceed very In"Ltstly 10 the cUnsderd-
ton 81 his color. Perhaps the first rule
would he that the larger an animal was
he more sobcrly he was eolorei We
should not make our trc. ratops greenland
yellow, fur instance. any more than our
ancient elephant or rhinnceros. When We
come 10 the forms of animal life In pre-
historic ersis which correspond generally
with tho.-. ~ our own time. We may lay
down 4 itw such general points as that
he male Cf q species l. likely 10 be more
tunSpicuouSly colDred than the female;
hat. as tn. Suung III certain species nave