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STORY OP THE REPTILES 



The oldest real reptile known was found by Pro- 

 fessor Cope in Ohio, away below the level where rep- 

 tiles are usually found. It is quite like a salaman- 

 der in shape; and doubtless from something like 



PlO. 74. — Portion of a slab with tracks of several species of Bronto- 

 zoum (after Hitchcock). 



this all those monsters and our living forms have 

 been developed. Of course there is no space here 

 to go into all the curious forms of reptiles found 

 in the rocks, but the general types have been indi- 

 cated. 



The last order is that of the flying lizards already 

 mentioned and illustrated (see page 114, Fig. 57). 

 On page 156 is a cut also of the skeleton (Fig. 76). 

 As noted, some others had very long tails. Some had 

 teeth in their beaks; some had none. "While they 



