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Show . A PREHISTORIC PREIIISTORIC MONSTER . After being bemg belng buried for ages ges in m the fossil beds ofnortheastern of 1 northeastein northeasteln northeastern Utah , the largest skeleton ever dlscoveled discovered discoveiedon dlscoveledon discoveredon on land now stands in the Carnegie : Museum at Pitts Pltts- Pltts Pitts- Plttsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh - ' burgh , a striking strIkmg example e\.ample e.ample e .ample ample ' \ . of the monsters which roamedthe roamed } 1 the earth during durmg the rthe Age of Reptiles , many millions m1Ihons of ofi ' i years ago . This skeleton is that of a Biontosaurus Blontosaurus Brontosaurus , of the dmo- dmo dino- dino dmosaul dinosaur dmosaur - - : saur saul " order of 1 ieptiles,100 ieptiles100 leptiles eptIles , , 100 feet long and 20 feet high . InlIfe Inlife In Inlife life the animal ammal weighed pel peihaps haps 20 itons tons Mons . Alongside of ofIt ofit ofit It an elephant would seem as small datively lelatively relatively i as a dog dogbesIde dogbeside dogbeside besIde a horse . \ The foss fossil bed from which it was taken is is the most most'1 most1 ' . I 1 extensive e.tenS1ve etenS1ve ettenslve ' . deposit o of dmosauiian dmosaulan dinosaurian dmosaul an and other reptilian re- re remams remains re remains - - mains mams ever discovered . It was Wa found in 1919 , and the thesite ; . sIte is under the protection of the National Park Service . ? < t More 1\Iore 1 Iore \ than 200 tons of bones and other material of scientific scien1 seien- seien scien- scien seien.1 - - .1 1 . \ tific value have been lemoved len10ved removed for study and exhIbItion exhibitionwith , with very little duplication of specimens . : ' < Accoiding AccOldmg to a statement by the Park Service , it is isthe isthe isthe the belief behef of scientists sCIenhss ! that these prehistoric ammals animals ammalswere animalswere animalswere were originally orIgmally imbedded in a sand barin bar bar- - in some ancientgiver ancient ancienti ! i river giver . . This sand turned to sandstone and was covered coveredJ coveredby J 5 , by thousands of feet of other strata of rocks , the vhole whole wholelater , wholelater _ later having been forced into mto an upright position positron .by by py . agreat a ; great volcanic volcamc upheaval , which left the fossil bed ex- ex ex'posed exposed ex-jiosed ex jiosed - 'posed posed ' on a mount mountain in top . Through the patient labors of scientists who arey arecontinually are arei 1 y ' i ? i continually continual1y exploring among such records preserved inthe in inthe the rocks , as well as among the the ruins of ancient ciVlIization civiliza- civiliza ciVlIiza- ciVlIiza civiliza"I civiliza'I - - : ' "I I 'I " - , tion , salient sahent facts in the-world's the world's worlds theworld's the- the - - - world's worlds ' ' history which were to- to totaHy totally to totally - tally taHy unknown a few years ago are being brought to light . |