The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-03-03
NEW FOSSIL MONSTER FOUND
PARTS CT REX TYRANNCSAURuS
BOUND FOR NEW YORK
MUSEUM.

He Was a Flesh Eater Of the Cretace-
Gus Period. 80 Feet Long, and Car
ried His Head 10 Feet From the
Ground-Preyed on the 10 Ton Tri-
ceratops.
tops.
Tyrannosaurus Rex is the name con-
ferred on a newly discovered monster
whose bones, or most OF them, nave
been dug out of the rocks in northern
Montana. He Is an ancient beast OF
massive proportions who has Deeh
hiding his bones in a mountain of
rock for hundreds and hundreds OF
years. Not much is known, but sclen-
fists are doing what they can to
learn his records.
Old Tyrannosaurus was certainly
the king of beasts, If the men who
dug up his remains know what they
are talking about, and they are ex-
perts at things Of this kind. He was
a flesh eating land animal and the
largest thus far known in this world.
to New York. Grated carefully and
markell Handle with care They
will be set UP n the American Nu-
scum Ct Natural History in this city.
Thither in few months children and
grownups may 90 and look al Old Iy
and thank their stars that they were
not of his day.
Prof. Henry f. Osaorl is the cura-
tor Of the Department CT Vertebrate
Palaeontology of the American Nu-
scum Of Natural History, and It was
through his efforts that this king OF
SauriaIs was recovered.
How he came to get on the trail
is al interesting story. A few years
ago Director Hornaday OF the New
York Geological Park went to northern
Montana en- hunting trip. While he
was there he found fosxil horn. He
brought it back to this city with nim
and took it to Prof Osborn.
is it Of any value?" he asked.
"Of no great value of ITSELF re-
piled Prof Osborn, but CT exceeding
value as a clue. We have had many
stray bones Of this animal and your
find may lead us to a place where
there Will be parts Of the beast which
We have not found yet"
The animal 20 which the horn be-
longed was the triceratops, a herbivor-
Gus beast. The summer following the
rat of "a ~
scum despatched an expedition to the
same section of Montana to see if
other remains of the triceratOps could
not be located This expedition was
in charge Of Barnum Brown, an eXper-
fenced fossil hunter. He found valu-
able remains Of the triceratops, ten
horned animal.
In his search he and his party found
also a few bones of what appeared to
be an animal of an entirely different
kind. The new found bones showed
plainly that they had belonged to a
flesh eating dinosaur. They were
found in hard sandstone and were ex-
tracted with great difficulty.
Prof. Osborn thought that addition
al excavation would reveal other parts
of this carnivorous beast, and last
summer new expedition with Mr..
Brown in charge was sent out on mis-
quest. The first specimens were
found under a cliff. and careful prep
arations were made to explore this
cliff thoroughly. The cliff was clear
ed first and then delicate blasting was
begun from the top downward.
1t wasn't long before other remains
of this king Of beasts were unearthed.
It was officially announced yesterday
that representative parts of the en-
tire body have been recovered.
1t has been possible to estimate
hts size with reasonable eXactness, |
the scientists say. From the end OF |
his tail to the tip of his nose he |
about thirty-nine feet The
distance from his skull, as normally |
poised to the ground would be about |
nineteen feet. a drawing showing |
the comparative size Of this king OF !
beasts and the human skeleton is now |
on exhibition at the museum. They |
compare like a common hen and an |
ostrich.
When the monsters remains are |
examined by palaeonto.ogists they |
hope to be able to tell how much |
flesh he consumed in a day, what the
size of his brain was, how long he
lived and in what period of the close
Of the age of reptiles he fought for
existence. The happy hunting ground
Of the palaeontologist is in the West
Skeletons Of bygone days are yet un-
covered there, but 1t is hard to find
them. Many have been uncovered
through accident. Hunters and pros