The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-07-30


Of wind from the side would blow Il over. Il Il
ridiculous to think that an animal a hundred feet
long would have legs close together In the mid.
DE and have threequarteu Of is length sticking
out In front and behind unsupported In the air.
My Idea n that the brontosnurus was reptile.
practically crocodile, with n snakeiike neck,
ana not a mammal. that Il carried Itself na
crocodile does, that IL. euwled on It's belly when
on land and did not walk on straight legs.
II think II crnwled with It's neck drawn back
10 as 20 strike like a cobra and most likely had
poisonous fangs In fact, Il was n big poisonous
lizard. and that Il was brilliantly eolered. like
them. and perhaps discharged poison through ita
skin like toad when lrrltated
THE best weapon 10 shoot Il with would be
the mngnlned Mnuser rifle. such ms the Germans
used against tanks. only with an explosive shell
instead OF an armorpiercer. II were younger
] should be on after him."
Anyway, the monster IL sufficiently real 20
have set the scientists dlsputing about his posi-.
bility. his identity and his looks. They call him
all sorts OF nnmes-brontosaurua. trieerntops bro
alosauTus, ylosaurus and 30 on. one expert
writes TO the press;
"The animal In question can not be a bromo-
Rurus, n the illustration IN II. a.. Wells book,
Outlines Of History arc correct The illustra.
tons show very different creature from the de-
scriptions IN the newspapers OF this one What
this one really appears 10 be Is trieeratops only
that animal has two horns"
Another zooogist heaps scorn on the entire
idea. asserting that while he believes there are
undiscovered animals living IN the heart OF Africa
he doubts that dinosaur or any other primeyal
beast exists anywhere today. He writes:
''rhe period In which they lived II Incredibly
remote ms man counts time. Their bones are
found In the strata OF the Eocene period The
brOntosaurus was remarkable for his very small
head and small brain cavity. His whole skull was
no larger than his neck bone. The name means
thunder beast and one species whs well over fifty
feet In length and weighed probably twenty tons
or more"
The evolution OF man has been a long process
long that the biologists and other scientists
prefer TO dodge the question OF the millions OF
years involved and reckon In eras an era being
anywhere from six 20 80 millions OF years They
call the first era Archeozolc; II is ancient beyond
all knowledge. Then comes the PrOterozoic with
its very primitive forms OF water life. lasting "a
millions OF years. The PaleOzolc, with FISH. am.
phlbans and land plants, lasted as millions The
Mezozoic the age OF reptiles and amphiblans and
Of trees, saw the first mammals; II lasted 10 mil.
lions OF years. The present era the Cenozolc has
seen the rise and development Of the highest or.
ders OF plants and animals and the appearance ~
man It's duration 10 date Is put at million years
so that's what We are up against when we
talk OF there being at large In Africa a survivor
OF the Age OF Reptiles.
anyway. We know these reptiles Actually
fAlnt'" "NN'N'N " 800 s'''tt AVHsH icihhihs pretty
much all over the world. Why, these fossils are
80 thick out In Utah. u. s. A. that we have tha
DinOsaur National monument You see once unor
a time, the waves OF an open sea rolled over the
spot where now stands Longs peak l42h5 fee1
"King OF the Rockies" In this sea sported the
marine monster OF long ago and on its shores
lived the grotesque creatures OF the Age OF Rep.
tiles Then the Rocky Mountains heayed them
selves up and this great inland sea had 10 run on
into the Arctic ocean and the Gulf OF Mexico ana
the Pacific, And then the rains washed down the
mountains and filled up the plains with the
scOurings.
Some OF the creatures In this inland sea got
mired and their bones are now found petrifed In
a remarkably perfect state of preservation. And
it's no trick for scientist who knows his bust
ness TO reconstruct an animal from his bones