... in mounting the great skeleton. In form and appearance the brontosaurs were quite unlike any living animals, and are remotely related to the lizard family. They had a long, thick tail like the lizards and crocodiles ; a long, flexible neck like the... Handbook Series - Page 65by American Museum of Natural History - 1915Full view - About this book
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 598 pages
...lizards and crocodiles ; a long, flexible neck like the ostrich ; a thick, short, slab-sided body ; straight, massive, post-like limbs, suggesting the...remarkably small head for the size of the beast. The ribs and limb- and tail-bones are exceptionally solid and heavy, while the vertebrae of the back, neck,... | |
| Children's literature - 1912 - 236 pages
...the lizards and crocodiles; a long, flexible neck like the ostrich; a thick, short, slabsided body; straight, massive, post-like limbs, suggesting the...remarkably small head for the size of the beast. The ribs and limb- and tail-bones are exceptionally solid and heavy, while the vertebrje of the back, neck,... | |
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