LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Phororhacos, a Patagonian Giant of the Miocene From a Drawing by Charles R. Knight Frontispiece
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1. Diplomystus, an Ancient Member of the Shad Family From the fish-bed at Green River, Wyoming. From a specimen in the United States National Museum. 4
2. Bryozoa, from the Shore of the Devonian Sea that Covered Eastern New York From a specimen in Yale University Museum, prepared by Dr. Beecher. 10
3. Skeleton of a Radiolarian Very Greatly Enlarged 17
4. Cephalaspis and Loricaria, an Ancient and a Modern Armored Fish 24
5. Pterichthys, the Wing Fish 32
6. Where a Dinosaur Sat Down 38
7. Footprints of Dinosaurs on the Brownstone of the Connecticut Valley From a slab in the museum of Amherst College. 40
8. The Track of a Three-toed Dinosaur 47
9. A Great Sea Lizard, Tylosaurus Dyspelor From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 52
10. Jaw of a Mosasaur, Showing the Joint that Increased the Swallowing Capacity of that Reptile 54
11. Koch's Hydrarchus. Composed of Portions of the Skeletons of Several Zeuglodons 62
12. A Tooth of Zeuglodon, One of the "Yoke Teeth," from which it derives the name 69
13. Archæopteryx, the Earliest Known Bird From the specimen in the Berlin Museum. 70
14. Nature's Four Methods of Making a Wing: Bat, Pteryodactyl, Archæopteryx, and Modern Bird 72
15. Young Hoactzins 75
16. Hesperornis, the Great Toothed Diver From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 82
17. Archæopteryx As Restored by Mr. Pycraft. 89
18. Thespesius, a Common Herbivorous Dinosaur of the Cretaceous From a drawing by Charles R. Knight. 90
19. A Hind Leg of the Great Brontosaurus, the Largest of the Dinosaurs 96
20. A Single Vertebra of Brontosaurus 97
21. Moloch, a Modern Lizard that Surpasses the Stegosaurs in all but Size From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 100
22. Skeleton of Triceratops 103
23. The Horned Ceratosaurus, a Carnivorous Dinosaur From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 106
24. Stegosaurus, an Armored Dinosaur of the Jurassic From a drawing by Charles R. Knight. 108
25. Skull of Ceratosaurus From a specimen in the United States National Museum. 110
26. Triceratops, He of the Three-horned Face From a statuette by Charles R. Knight. 126
27. A Hint of Buried Treasures 137
28. Relics of the Moa 140
29. Eggs of Feathered Giants, Æpyornis, Ostrich, Moa, Compared with a Hen's Egg 148
30. Skull of Phororhacos Compared with that of the Race-horse Lexington 151
31. Leg of a Horse Compared with that of the Giant Moa 152
32. The Three Giants, Phororhacos, Moa, Ostrich 158
33. Skeleton of the Modern Horse and of His Eocene Ancestor 161
34. The Development of the Horse 168
35. The Mammoth From a drawing by Charles R. Knight. 176
36. Skeleton of the Mammoth in the Royal Museum of St. Petersburg 183
37. The Mammoth As engraved by a Primitive Artist on a Piece of Mammoth-Tusk. 196
38. Tooth of Mastodon and of Mammoth 199
39. The Missourium of Koch From a Tracing of the Figure Illustrating Koch's Description. 207
40. The Mastodon From a drawing by J. M. Gleeson. 210
41. The Lenape Stone, Reduced 219