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The Iguanodon, 1895. Creator: Carl Hentschel.

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The Iguanodon, 1895. Reproduced by permission of the proprietors of the "Daily Chronicle". 'A WONDERFUL BIRD-LIKE REPTILE. From Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., P.G.S., of the Natural History Museum, we have received the following interesting account..."There has just been set up in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, a restoration of the entire skeleton of one of the most remarkable of extinct giants that peopled the earth in the Wealden period...The fore limbs are shorter than the hind ones, the former being 6 ft. and the latter 9 ft. long. The hand had five digits with nails, and the thumb was armed with a conical sharp-pointed spur. The hands appear, from their shape, to have been but ill adapted for walking. The hind limbs were large and very powerful, and had three toes on each foot, with the same number of joints as in a bird's foot - namely, three to the inner toe, four to the middle, and five to the outer toe. The bones of the pelvis also closely resemble those of wingless birds such as the emu and dinornis. The ponderous tail, as well as the back, was strengthened by numerous bony fibres, which no doubt gave support to the animal when in an erect position; it also assisted it greatly in swimming".' From "Illustrated London News", 1895.

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HRM26A08_438

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13,3Mo (442,7Ko) / 15,3cm x 21,8cm / 1807 x 2574 (300dpi)

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