THE MOUNTED SKELETON OF BRONTOSAURUS 7 



lizards, crocodiles, etc., are so remote from them in either ])ro- 

 portions or habits that they are unsatisfactory guides in deter- 

 mining how the bones were articulated, and are of but little 

 use in posing the limbs and other parts of the body in positions 

 that thev must have taken during life. Xor among the higher 



FIG. 2. SKELETON OF BRONTOSAURUS IN THE QUARRY 

 Showing three sections of the backbone partly covered with piaster bandages for transportation to the 

 Museum. The ribs have already been removed from the near side of the backbone. Tools used in the 

 work lie scattered about the quarrj'. 



animals of modern time is there one which has any analog^^ in 

 appearance or habits of life to those which we have been obliged 

 by the study of the skeleton to ascribe to the Brontosaurus. 



As far as the backbone and ribs were concerned, the articu- 

 lating surfaces of the bones were a sufficient guide to enable us 

 to pose this part of the skeleton properly. The limb-joints, 

 however, are so imperfect, that we could not in this way make 

 sure of having the bones in a correct position. The following 

 method, therefore, was adopted: 



A dissection and thorough study was made by the writer, 

 with the assistance of Mr. Granger, of the hmbs of alligators and 



