THE STORY OF THE EARTH AND MAN. 



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

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

 with stout limbs and a flattened tail useful in swim- 

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



Pig. 16. BESTORATIOB-S OP BAPHETES, DENDBEKPETON. HTLOISTOMUS, AND HYI/HB- 

 PETON, WI1H CAKBONIFEBOUS PLANTS IN THE DISTANCE. 



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. 



