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deserve the ordinal name, 

 otliers,likcMegalosaurus,rival- 

 liiiiT the laryesfc herbivoroixs 

 forms in size. Many of these 

 carnivorous forms piesent fea- 

 ture.s in their limbs and teeth 

 which remind ns of the carni- 

 vorous mammals, but the 

 Compsognathus had an erect 

 gait like tlie Iguanodon. 



2G. In many respects the Ig- 

 uanodon and its allies reseml)le 

 the Ostriches, and, indeed, as we 

 shall see there are fossil toothed 

 birds which help to fill up the 

 gap between them. 



Fig. 88— Restoration o Compsognatlius. J. 



So far the fossil reptiles we have considered have been either 

 aquatic or terrestrial forms ; some of the latter indeed walked 



Fig. Si)- -Restoration of Pterodactyl. §. 



