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that is to say, in strata of about the same age, of the remains 

 of an animal of larger size, but in many respects nearly allied to 

 the one described by Hitchcock. Both apparently belong to the 

 same genus. These remains seem to represent an animal about 

 six to eight feet long ; but, unfortunately, they are not complete, 

 although when first discovered the skeleton probably was com- 

 plete, and, with proper care, might have been preserved entire. 

 Another discovery was reported by Professor Marsh, in 1891, 

 when two interesting specimens were secured for the Yale College 

 Museum ; one of these was a species of the Anchisaurus. Its 

 skull and the greater portion of the skeleton were found in place. 

 The skull is of moderate size and delicate structure, and in 

 general shape somewhat resembles that of the curious New 

 Zealand reptile known as the Sphenodon, or Tuatara. The 

 vertebras and limb-bones are hollow, and the whole skeleton was 

 lightly built ; the neck and tail were of moderate length. 



Writing in the American Journal of Science for February of 

 1893, Professor Marsh reported that the skeletons of five small 

 Dinosaurs had since been discovered in the Connecticut Sand- 

 stone. They are sufficiently well preserved to give us most 

 valuable information with regard to all the chief characteristics 

 of the animals to which they once belonged. 



With the more complete materials now in his possession, 

 Professor Marsh was enabled to make the restoration of the 

 skeleton of the genus Anchisaurus, seen in Fig. 49. We may 

 attribute a length of about six feet to the creature when alive. 

 The skeleton, from which this restoration was chiefly made, was 

 discovered entire, and apparently in the position in which the 

 animal died. Unfortunately, some of the vertebrae belonging to 

 the neck and tail were lost before the importance of the specimen 

 was realised, but the skull and nearly all the rest of the skeleton 



