THE LITTLE-BRAINED DINOCERAS 



All of the Dinosaurs and Ichthyosaurs, the 

 Plesiosaurs, the sea serpents, and the flying reptiles, 

 had been dead for hundreds of thousands of years 

 when a mighty animal different from any which had 

 ever lived before appeared in the western part of the 

 United States. Nor is anything like it living now. 



Because he had six horns on his head this animal 

 has been called Dinoceras which is Greek for Terrible 

 Horn. These horns, which were something like 

 knobs, were arranged in pairs. The smallest pair 

 stood on top of the nose, the second pair a little 

 behind them, while the third and largest pair was at 

 the very back of the head. And then, in addition 

 to all these unbecoming decorations, the Dinoceras 

 had two enormous teeth in his upper jaw that grew 

 downward like tusks. They were exceedingly sharp 

 and often seven or eight inches in length. 



But there was something about this beast much 

 more curious than the horns and tusks he carried 



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