LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATE TO FACE PAG3 



■^ XI. A Gigantic Horned Din-osaur, Triceratops prorsus 



Frontispiece 



XXIV. Sir Richard Owen and Skeleton of Dinornis maximus ix 



I. Sea-scorpions 25 



II. Fish-lizards 41 



III. Pterodactyls — Long-necked Sea-lizard — Cuttle-fish 



OR Belemnite 55 



IV. A Gigantic Dinosaur, Brontosaurus excelsus . . 69 

 " V. Thigh-bone of the Largest of the Dinosaurs, Atlan- 



tosaurus 71 



VI. A Carnivorous Dinosaur, Megalosaurus Bucklandi . 79 



VII. A Gigantic Dinosaur, Iguanodon Bernissartensis. . 97 



VIII. A Gigantic Dinosaur, Iguanodon Mantelli . . . ioi 



' IX. An Armoured Dinosaur, Scelidosaurus Harrisoni . 105 

 " X. A Gigantic Armoured Dinosaur, Stegosaurus un- 



gulatus 113 



XII. Group of Small Flying Dragons, or Pterodactyls . 131 



XIII. Group of Sea-serpents, Elasmosaur, and Fishes . . 141 



XIV. A Large Extinct Mammal, Tinoceras ingens . . 151 

 'XV. A Huge Extinct Mammal, Brontops robustus ... 161 

 XVI. A Gigantic Hoofed Mammal, Sivatherium gigan- 



TEUM 169 



XVII. Skeleion of Great Ground Sloth of South America 179 

 XVIII. Great Ground Sloth of South America, Megatherium 



americanum i8i 



