The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

! HERMANN. IN honor OF MI Hermann
| head preparatur Oi the museum.
During last summer other remains OF
I this remarkable animal were uueHrthed.
I confirming the previous opinions Of t.
I A glance It the illustration will show
this animal in his fayorite attitude. stand
/ ing on hind legs and tail. with short fore
arms and long-hnEered hands ready tu
| seLEe prey and deynur IL with powerful.
/ JAWS and sharply serrated teeth.
| JURASSIC AND CRETACEUs STRATA
| HAVE STOCKED THE MUSEUM.
The Jurassic and lower cretaceus strata
| OF Colorado have stocked the museum not
only with these. but other flesh tearing
and eating dinosaurs. some Of them gi-
/ gantc In size.
The femur or upper leg bone OF the am
| phlCOeliaS Is Jis feet long and weighs 80
pounds. with a skeleton - feet long This
animal may be described as more than
/ carnivorous: he was omnivorous.
He was a wader. 80 bulky that he dared
| not leave the water for fear his huge
parts would collapse. wading under water
| II reed be TO seize prey or elevatins his
I long neck 70 browse on the branches "i
| overhanging trees. lie was one uf IN"
/ tail types OF lizards.
Il is interesting to note that In the mu-
/ scum are the remains and restoration Of
/ Is an earlier type by several million years.
This animal. naosauTus claviGer. was
/ found in the permian deposits Of the Tex
as paleOzoic.
While not nearly so large as its huge
| SUCCESSORS. IL was equally savage II han
/ spines on fits back. which, as shown In the
/ Illustration. rescmbled the yardarm OF
ships. possibly for sailing or mayhap for
armament. and which may or may not
have closed and opened like the ms OF a
/ fish Il had huge comic tusEs-
| Tho basa Of the spiues was established
! IN the vertebral column and the spines
we're some forty inches high, defending
/ him from yet undiscovered enemies. The
I skeletons indicate an animal ten TO hf'een
| feet long aui half as high.
Contcmporaneous with these animals
were the Cotylosaurs. or burrowing liz
ards. with solid skulls and caTapares
I tshCllsl. which were ancestors OF the tur-
ties. In this. connection Il was gratifying
TO the expeditions that Doctor Hay. one OF
the investigators OF the Carnegie Institute
81 Washington. was enabled out OF ~
sections OF remains o. extinct turtles uu-
Carthsd during tbs summer in the Fort
BridEcr quarry 70 set 10 eight complete
skeletons with perfect skulls. which Will
assist him in perfectinE his forthcoming
/ monograph.
STEGOsAUR CARRIED AN
IMMATURE on HIS BACK
Skeletons OF the stegosaur. an srmorei
hcrb-eatinE dinosaur. were taken from the
Bone Cabin quarry.
This was a purely land animal. walking
on all fours and carrying an armaturs On
his back.
Unlike his Iong-necksd contemporaries,
he was alL-ost neckless. the head coming
out directly from the body.
The dermal armor consisted Of a double
row OF spinal plates extending from the
head along the back. terminating IN four
pairs OF splnes at the end OF the tail.
These heavy plates curved along the
back In shape OF a fan. sort OF ever
standing menace 60 carnivorous dinosaurs
and an invitation to them 10 seek else
where for food.
Il had a birdliks beak and small teeth.
showing that Il fed on soft vegetation Its
ponderous thigh bones measured fifty
inches in length ana fourteen inches in di-
ameter.
1t had hoofed toes. When attacked Il
turned and fought with its spine-covered
tail. like Titan OF old brandishing a club.
How the huge beast got food enough
into its elephantins body through the
small mouth TO support life Is one OF the
mysteries.
The brontosaur. illustrated here. was
another herbivOrous dlnOsaur, one Of the
tallest, which could occasionally rear Up
on its long. solid hind legs and tail. brows-
ing on treetOps.
Skeletons range from sixty 20 eighty
feet in length.
Remains OF marine reptiles. OF sea ser
pentiike appearance. were found IN the
western part Of South Dakota
Complete skeletons, with skulls. paddles,
ribs. etc, were found in natural positions
the most perfect specimens yet unearthed
OF mosasaurs are elasmOsaurs, which will