Show prehistoric PRE HISTORIC FOSSILS FOUND IN UTAH 4 released tor for associated civic clubs by C 11 1 1 bigelow gelow Bl los angeles herald january 1532 15 32 dy by lyle abbott science editor pacific coast news service Servi cb central utah today the scene of peaceful morman farms once was a land of living nightmares first relics of these nightmares have just arrived in los angeles in the form ot of fossil bones bonea of a brachle r dinosaur that weighed 40 tons in his prime years ago the first specimen unpacked by the expedition of los angeles amgeles museum ot of arts and sciences was a six toot foot long thigh bone of the from this bone dr chester L stock paleontologist of and the museum had made on paper a tentative reconstruction of the original animal tills this brach losa u rus dr stock said a lived ed to a ripe old old age ile he measured 65 feet long and and 20 feet tall at the tha shoulder which compares favorably in size with the largest dinosaurs yet discovered the awful looking anclam was content to eat the lush reeds and foliage that grow grew in he swamps that once bord bordered cred an inland sea traxl of the sea are still found in the graat basin of utah sometimes known as the great american desert A complete reversal of climate has occurred in that region other dinosaurs that lived in the swamps were flesh eaters however they were armored with bony scales like a battle tank and had six toot foot paws and huge teeth they were in all respects the most destructive and ferocious engines that evolution ever created A grown man would hardly be a morsel of tood food for one of these beasts but fortunately at tile the the dinosaurs there were no men the museum will return to utah la in spring and resume digging discovery ry of the new dinosaur field possibly 1 I y the largest and most import ant on the american continent was waa the result of operation cooperation co between mormon farmers and townspeople and museum scientists the field Is about BO 50 miles long and we dont know how wide dr stock said all that land was swamp and seacoast but now it is typical badlands bad lands with deeply carved rock strata exposing the bones ot of the dinosaurs in the cliffs and ray ravines ines one complete 15 foot dinosaur skeleton was uncovered but snow blocked the roads roada before the skeleton could be brought to civilization the animal was left tor for another winters winter rest in the spot where he died a million centuries ago |