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SKULL OF THE GREAT CARNIVOROUS DINOSAUR TYRANNOSAURUS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.

SKULL OF THE GREAT CARNIVOROUS DINOSAUR TYRANNOSAURUS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.



DINOSAURS

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

BY

W. D. MATTHEW

CURATOR OF VERTEBRATE PALÆONTOLOGY







... 'Dragons of the prime
That tare each other in their slime'







NEW YORK
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
1915



DINOSAURS.

Table of Contents.


Chapter I.The Age of Reptiles. Its Antiquity, Duration and Significance in Geological History.9
Chapter II.North America in the Age of Reptiles. Its Geographic and Climatic Changes.16
Chapter III.Kinds of Dinosaurs. Common Characters and Differences between the various Groups. Classification.25
Chapter IV.The Carnivorous Dinosaurs—Allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Ornitholestes, etc. 33
Chapter V.The Amphibious Dinosaurs—Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, etc.60
Chapter VI.The Beaked Dinosaurs. The Iguanodonts—Iguanodon, Camptosaurus.75
Chapter VII.The Beaked Dinosaurs (continued). The
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