| Show 0 I LEG EG OF OJ BRONTOSAURUS IS 12 FEET LONG A AND D D WEIGH APPROXIMATELY 1 1200 TOFA A leg Of of a n brontosaurus tj 1 four inches longer than thano j jo t 1 o e f r the largest in the tIte museum and r lr when taken to the Uni e Utah will be e the largest bronta bronto rus leg on display in the world orld t been unearthed at the dm dinO quarry at Jensen according to A f received b by President George Bo Tho from Dr Earl Douglas wh 1 charge ch-arge of the e. e excavations 1 With the foot stretched out entire limb of the time ancient ait would measure twelve feet or on a 3 twice time the height of a tall ma mas masset 1 set up perpendicularly in an Mn a s sage ag age room the leg would reach ff 14 the the tIte floor to the time ceiling Some of of the size of the r be gained gained b by considering the l le leof lei sj of the outstretched leg In ism COl COlson cool coal coalson son with a a. similar appendage of or large mammals of present ti The Time leg of an elephant i 1 Is cj Gl about bout half of or that size This leg of the brontosaurus W r approximately 1220 pounds The Tho femur is six feet long IOAS lc the tibia four foul feet long mss description of the sections ot of leg given in Dr Douglas Douglas' lett There 3 I President Thomas space between probably just jest amount filled in padding by It J when the animal was alive aure J foot were stretched out tl the e e be ba a 31 length of tho time limb would twelve feet It is a monster f Id make malte a great show specimen about bou t four inches longer tb thao 1 1 longest one the one the biggest bro I Irus rus nis in the Carnegie museum s 1 leg weighed nearly 1200 pout pour j I |
