MODERN NAMES OF CREATURES OF THE STORY

Death-Beast Ceteosaurus, or “monster lizard.” One American variety is also called tyrannosaurus rex, or “tyrant king lizard.” It is likewise known as “terrible lizard.” It was a large, flesh-eating dinosaur.

Thunder-Beast Atlantosaurus, or “gigantic lizard.” A dinosaur of the brontosaurus or “thunder lizard” family, and the largest land animal known.

Great Stalker An American species of the iguanodon, called thespesius or “marvellous.” It is also called claosaurus. It was a vegetable eating dinosaur.

Little Stalker A smaller variety of the thespesius family.

Marsh-Hopper The smallest known dinosaur. It was a thespesius on a diminutive scale.

Three-Horns Triceratops. A dinosaur somewhat like a rhinoceros. It was not carnivorous.

Thorn-Tail Stegosaurus, or “backlered lizard.” One of the strangest-looking of the dinosaurs.

Fish-Snake Plesiosaurus or elasmosaurus. A marine monster with a long, snake-like neck.

Great Killer Mosasaur, or “Meuse River lizard,” a kind of lizard-crocodile.

Great Flipper Archæochelon, or “primitive turtle.” An enormous turtle.

Spear-Tooth A moderately large, very voracious fish, with a huge head and teeth like sharp spikes.

Worm-Tail Archæopteryx, or “primitive bird.” A strange bird of the Jurassic period, but possibly surviving to the Cretaceous, the period of the story.

Terror Bird Brontornis, or “thunder bird.”

Big Beast-Bird Pterodactyl, the “finger-winged.” A kind of flying lizard, with enormous wings.

Scamperer Hyracotherium. The ancestor of the horse. He does not properly belong to the period of the story, but to a time later.

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