Show LEG OF DINOSAUR LARGEST YET FOUND AT FOSSIL FIELD A leg of 0 a brontosaurus that is four inches longer than that of the largest brontosaurus in the museum in the carnegie Car negla museum and which when brought to tho the university ot of utah will be the largest brontosaurus leg on display in the world has been unearthed at the dinosaur quarry at jensen utah according to word received by president george thomas from dr earl douglass who has charge of the excavations with the foot stretched out the entire limb of 0 the ancient animal would measure twelve feet or about twice the height of a tall man it if sot up perpendicularly in an average room the leg would reach from the floor to the ceiling some idea ol of the size of 0 the brontosaurus can be gained by considering the length of the outstretched leg in comparison with a similar appendage of 0 the large mammals of present times the 1 ie 0 of an elephant is only about halt half of that size this huge leg of 0 the brontosaurus weighed approximately 1220 pounds work in taking the unusual specimen from the quarries will begin at once according to president thomas who has sent word to dr douglass at jensen to go ahead with its unearthing ear thing the femur Is six feet long and the tibia tour four feet long was the description ot of the sections odthe ot the leg given in dr douglass letter to president thomas there is a space between probably just the amount filled in by padding etc when the animal was alive it the foot were wera stretched out the entire length of 0 the limb would be about twelve feet it is a monster and will make a great show specimen it is about four inches longer than tile the longest one the biggest brontosaurus in the carnegie museum this leg weighed nearly 1200 pounds tribune |