Animals before man in North America; their lives and times (1902) (17577738023)

Scheme of Pelvis and Leg from lateral of an Emu (left) and of some dinosaur (right). Also compare with en:Theropoda and en:Saurischia!

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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The Reign of Reptiles really is not so important a character as the structure of the shoulder- and hip-bones and that of the ankle-joint. In ourselves and other mammals, as well as in existing reptiles, the

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Leg of emu and dinosaur, showing the resemblances between the two. ankle-joint is between the bones of the ankle and those of the lower portion of the leg, the tibia and fibula. But in birds and in dinosaurs some of the ankle-bones are united with the leg-bones, so that the ankle-joint comes in the 145

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