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curious. Some time previous to 1861, Mr. J. Harrison, of 

 Charmouth, obtained from the Lower Lias of that neighbourhood 

 portions of the hind limb of a Dinosaur, and, later on, a nearly 

 complete skull. These specimens were described by Owen, and 

 the genus was founded on them. Mr. Harrison, whose discovery 

 aroused great interest, continued to search on the same spot, 

 and was rewarded by finding all the rest of the skeleton, except 



Fig. 24. — Restored skeleton of Scelidosaurus Harrisoni (after Woodward), 

 greatly reduced, from the Lower Lias of Charmouth, Dorset. The figure 

 shows the large lateral dermal spines on the shoulders, and the long lateral 

 line of smaller spines, reaching from the pectoral region to the extremity of the 

 tail. 



most of the neck vertebrae. This was extracted in several blocks, 

 and these, after careful " development " of the bones, were fitted 

 together so as to exhibit the whole skeleton. This most valuable 

 specimen can now be seen at South Kensington in a separate glass 

 case, and is one of the treasures of the unrivalled gallery of fossil 

 reptiles. The case is placed so that both sides of the specimen 

 can be seen (Case Y, Gallery IV., on plan). Its length is about 



