KING OF REPTILES.
Fed on Animals as Large as Elephants.
The fossil remains of the king of reptiles, unearthed recently in the Bad Rands on Montana, U.S.A., will arrive at the New York Natural History Museum, where preparations have been made to give the remains of the three-milliou-year-old monster the place of honor. No other museum in the world has a similar specimen. The animal when alive had teeth six inches long, and it devoured other animals as large as elephants. He was between forty and fifty feet long, and when he chose to stand upright he was from twenty to thirty feet in height. His mouth was three feet long and two and a half broad. Both jaws were -full of six-inch teeth, three inches in circumference at the base, and tapering to a needle point. The jaw-bones were like oak beams.
The reptile king was the bully of his period, and was built purely for fighting. He walked on his back legs, his front legs being short paws, with four claws like giant awls on each. Any animal that could not run fast enough was always the prey of this reptile.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 448, 14 January 1909, Page 3
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193KING OF REPTILES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 448, 14 January 1909, Page 3
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