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various size, ranging from a fooo to at least ten feet 

 in length, tlie body generally lizard-like in form, 

 with stout limbs and a flattened tail useful in swim- 

 ming. Their heads were flat, stoat, and massive, with 



F'g. 16.— EESTOEATIONS OP BAPHETES, DENDHEBPETOW, HTLONOMUS, AND HTLEB- 

 P£TON, WiXH CAEBONIFEBOUS PLANTS IN THE DISIAHCB. 



large teeth, strengthened by the insertion and con- 

 volution of plates of enamel. The fore limbs were 

 probably larger than the hind limbs, the better to 

 enable them to raise themselves out of the water. 



