GIANT LAND REPTILES OR DINOSAURS. 137 



From the restored skeleton represented in fig. 42, 

 it will be seen that the pelvis of the Horned Dinosaurs 

 is quite unlike that of any members of the group ; the 

 pubis being constructed on the plan of that of the 

 Iguanodon, but with the loss of the bar running back- 

 wards parallel with the ischium. 



With this brief reference to the Horned Dinosaurs, 

 we close our survey of the Giant Land Eeptiles. In a 

 short sketch like the present it is, of course, impossible 



FIG. 42. Restored skeleton of Horned Dinosaur. About one-eightieth natura 

 size, pd, lower part of beak; i, ischium. Other letters as in Fig. 39. 

 (After Marsh.) 



to do more than glance at a few of the more striking 

 features of the organisation of these most extraordinary 

 creatures. The reader who has followed us throughout 

 will, however, have acquired some general idea of their 

 chief peculiarities and affinities : and he may profitably 

 endeavour to realise in his mind's eye the aspect of a 

 world in which the land- surf ace was peopled by these 

 uncouth reptiles, of all shapes and sizes, while the air 

 was tenanted by the weird Flying Dragons, described 

 in the succeeding chapter. 



