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a body must have been a severe tax on so small a head." The 

 larsjyst of all known dinosaurs (Brachiosaurus) had a femur nearly 



Fi'-r. 440. An herbivorous dinosaur, Brontosaurus (A palosaurus) : Restoration 

 of skeleton by Riggs, nearly 60 feet long; from Wyoming. 



7 feet long. There were other genera of similar nature, and of bulk 

 inferior only to these monsters. 



The typical ornithopod (bird-footed) dinosaurs were bipedal in 

 habit, like the carnivores. On the hind limbs there were usually 

 only three functional toes, so that they left a bird-like track; the 

 fore limbs, however, had five digits. One of the largest of this group 



Fig. 441. Slegosaurus, an armored dinosaur of the Jurassic. Interpreted by 

 Charli-s R. Knight. (Lucas' Animals of t lie Past. Bv permission of the publishers, 

 Mi rs. McClure, Phillips and Company.) 



