Extinct monsters : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life (1893)
Hutchinson, H. N. (Henry Neville), 1856-1927 · New York : Appleton · leaf 118
ous contrast to the large and formidable skulls possessed by some other forms to be described further on. But it is clear that no animal with such a long neck as this creature had could have borne the w^eight of a heavy skull. Short thick necks and heavy skulls always go together. Indeed, the… … I. 2. Fig. io. — Neck vertebrae of Brontosaurus. I. Front view. 2. Back view. the centra. This cavernous structure of the vertebrae gradually decreases towards the tail. The cavities communicated with a series of internal cavities which give a kind of honeycombed structure to the whole vertebra.…
Paleontology
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