Animals before man in North America; their lives and times (1902) (18171874566)

Title: Animals before man in North America; their lives and times

Identifier: animalsbeforeman00luca (find matches)

Year: 1902 (1900s)

Authors: Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929

Subjects: Paleontology

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company

Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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Aniinals Before Man horned lizard, bear sucli a likeness to those of a gigantic eagle that had one been found with the footprints of the Connecticut Valley it might well have been taken for that of some bird of prey, almost huge enough to have real- ized the fable of the roc. While the hind limbs were powerful, the fore limbs were small, often diminutive, indicating that the duty of holding prey devolved on the hind legs, while

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Skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur, Ceratosaurus nasicornis\ original 15 feet long. (After Marsh.) it was torn to pieces by the teeth. It is rather strange that the fore legs of these reptilian beasts of prey should have been so small, since this implies that they were neither employed 166

Tiere vor dem Menschen in Nordamerika, ihr Leben und ihre Zeiten 1902 Abbildungen von Ceratosaurus-Fossilien Buchillustrationen Vogelkunde Vögel Zoologische Illustration Zoologie Paläontologie vergleichende Zoologie Bilder aus dem Internetarchiv

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