OFTEN SKELETONS ARE FOUND IN ALMOST INACCESSIBLE PLACES, FROM WHICH THE 



PREPARED BLOCKS MUST BE DRAGGED ON THE SLEDS AND 



LOWERED OVER STEEP CLIFFS 



One section of a large carnivorous dinosaur skeleton weighed over two tons. Here a 

 trail had to be made up the steep canyon wall, where a 700-pound box was all that a team 

 could drao," on a sled. 



boxes are made to dimension for each 

 large block or several smaller ones, and 

 the fossils are carefully packed in hay for 

 shipment to the Museum. 



Thus, at Tolman Ferry a few frag- 

 ments which were seen protruding from 

 a hillside developed into a complete skele- 

 ton. At first it was thought to be the 

 well-known "duck-bill" dinosaur Tracho- 

 don, but when the skull was revealed it 

 was seen to be quite different. It proved 



to be related, but a form entirely new to 

 science and since named Saurolophus, 

 meaning crested saurian, from the long 

 spine extending backward from the top 

 of the head. 



ZEST IN THE HUNT 



Today there are thousands of different 

 species of reptiles inhabiting the earth, 

 and during each of the long prehistoric 

 periods there were probably as many or 



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