Animals of the past : an account of some of the creatures of the ancient world / by Frederic A. Lucas.

  • Frederic Augustus Lucas
Date:
1913
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Animals of the past : an account of some of the creatures of the ancient world / by Frederic A. Lucas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IV. RULERS OF THE ANCIENT SEAS The Mosasaurs, 49 ; history of the first known Mosasaur, 50 ; jaws of reptiles, 53 ; extinction of Mosasaurs, 55 ; the sea- serpent, 56; Zeuglodon, 58 ; its habits, 59 ; Koch’s Hydrar- chus, 61 ; bones collected by Mr. Schuchert, 63; abundance of sharks, 64 ; the great Carcharodon, 65 ; arrangement of sharks’ teeth, 67 ; references, 68. V. BIRDS OF OLD Earliest birds, 70 ; wings, 71 ; study of young animals, 73 ; the curious Hoactzin, 74 ; first intimation of birds, 76; Archae- opteryx, 77 ; birds with teeth, 78 ; cretaceous birds, 79 ; Hes- perornis, 80 ; loss of power of flight, 81 ; covering of Hesper- ornis, 82 ; attitude of Hesperornis, 83 ; curious position of legs, 84 ; toothed birds disappointing, 85; early development of birds, 86 ; eggs of early birds, 87 ; references, 88. VI. THE DINOSAURS Discovery of Dinosaur remains, 90 ; nearest relatives of Dino- saurs, 91 ; relation of birds to reptiles, 92 ; brain of Dino- saurs, 93 ; parallel between Dinosaurs and Marsupials, 95 ; the great Brontosaurus, 96 ; food of Dinosaurs, 97 ; habits of Diplodocus, 99 ; the strange Australian Moloch, 100; com- bats of Triceratops, 101 ; skeleton of Triceratops, 102 ; Thes- pesius and his kin, 104 ; the carnivorous Ceratosaurus, 106 ; Stegosaurus, the plated lizard, 106 ; references, 109. VII. READING THE RIDDLES OF THE ROCKS Fossils regarded as sports of nature. 111 ; qualifications of a successful collector, 112; chances of collecting, 114; excava- tion of fossils, 115; strengthening fossils for shipment, 117; great size of some specimens, 118; the preparation of fos- sils, 119; mistakes of anatomists, 120; reconstruction of Triceratops, 121 ; distinguishing characters of bones, 122 ;