DINOSAURS 97 large, though rather short, body, very long neck and tail, and, for the size of the animal, a very small head. In fact, the head was so small and, in the case of Diplodocus, so poorly provided with teeth that it must have been quite a task,... Animals of the Past - Page 95by Frederic Augustus Lucas - 1900 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
| Frederic Augustus Lucas - Fossils - 1901 - 336 pages
...and, in the case of Diplodocus, so poorly provided with teeth that it must have been quite a task, or a longcontinued pleasure, according to the state...it Fig. 20. — A Single Vertebra of Brontosaurus. 98 ANIMALS OF THE PAST is pretty safe to say that it would not be far from 20 tons, and that one would... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1902 - 1242 pages
...the animal to have eaten its daily meal. An elephant weighing 5 tons eats l(M) pounds of hay and l>5 pounds of grain for his day's ration; but, as this...weight of a live Diplodocus or a Brontosaurus, but it is pretty safe to say that it would not be far from 20 tons, and that one would devour at the very... | |
| Frederic Augustus Lucas - Paleontology - 1922 - 236 pages
...and, in the case of Diplodocus, so poorly provided with teeth that it must have been quite a task, or a long-continued pleasure, according to the state...weight of a live Diplodocus or a Brontosaurus, but it is pretty safe to say that it would not be far from 25 tons, and that one would devour at the very... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1902 - 1204 pages
...state of its digestive apparatus, for the animal to have eaten its daily meal. An elephant weighing ."> tons eats 100 pounds of hay and 25 pounds of grain...weight of a live Diplodocus or a Brontosaurus. but it is pretty safe to say that it would not be far from 20 tons, and that one would devour at the very... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1902 - 1230 pages
...state of its digestive apparatus, for the animal to have eaten its daily meal. An elephant weighing ."> tons eats 100 pounds of hay and 25 pounds of grain...is a difficult matter to estimate the weight of a Hve Diphxlocus or a Brontosaurus, but it is pretty safe to say that it would not be far from 20 tons,... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1902 - 1254 pages
...and ¿5 pounds of grain for his day's rat-ion; but. as this 100(1 15 in a comparatively coneentrate(I form, it would require at least. twice this weight of green fodder. It is a (lifficult matter to estimate the weight of a live l)iplodocus or a Brontosaurus, but it is pretty... | |
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