EXTINCT ANIMALS 



nodule. Only one foot is preserved, but that of 

 course tells us as to its fellow of the opposite 

 side. The skull of another specimen of Paria- 

 saurus is shown in Fig. 159. It is very remark- 

 able that this species seems to be so closely 

 similar to the one discovered far away in South 

 Africa in beds of the same age. 



Fig. 1(50. — ^Skeleton of a huge carnivorous beast of prey — the 

 reptile named Inostransevia, discovered and photo- 

 graphed by Professor Amalitzky of Warsaw. The skull 

 alone is two feet in length. 



These Pariasaurs were about as big as well 

 grown cattle, but not so high on the legs. 

 In Fig. 160 we have the skeleton of another 

 creature revealed by these nodules. It is an 

 enormous and truly terrible carnivor, with a 



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