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These figures are greatly reduced in size, and when two or more bones are shown in the same figure all are brought to the same size to facilitate the comparison.
DRAGONS OF THE AIR
FLYING REPTILES
The history of life on the earth during the epochs of geological time unfolds no more wonderful discovery among types of animals which have become extinct than the family of fossils known as flying reptiles. Its coming into existence, its structure, and passing away from the living world are among the great mysteries of Nature.
The animals are astonishing in their plan of construction. In aspect they are unlike birds and beasts which, in this age, hover over land and sea. They gather into themselves in the body of a single individual, structures which, at the present day, are among the most distinctive characters of certain mammals, birds, and reptiles.
The name "flying reptile" expresses this anomaly. Its invention is due to the genius of the great French naturalist Cuvier, who was the first to realise that this extinct animal, entombed in slabs of stone, is one of the wonders of the world.
The word "reptile" has impressed the imagination with unpleasant sound, even when thotetaan vastaan ja josko kirje huomataan avatuksi.
Edelliset, Heikki ja Annaliisa.
Koponen . sitte Annaliisa, vihdoin Pekka.
Heikki, Koponen, Annaliisa y.m. my?hemmin.
Edelliset, Pekka Pikkarainen, sek? joukko muita ihmisi?.
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