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 



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 



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