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Show A Monster Skeleton After being buried for ages in the fossil beds of northeastern Utah, the largest skeleton ever discovered dis-covered on land now stands In the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh a striking example of the monsters which roamed the earth during the age of Reptiles, many millions ci years ago. This skeleton is that of a Bron-tcsaurus, Bron-tcsaurus, of the dinosaur order of reptiles, 100 feet long and 20 feet nigh. In life the animal weighed perhaps 20 tons. Alongside of it an elephant would seem as small relatively as a dog beside a horse. The fossil bed from which it was taken is the most extensive deposit of dinosaurian and other reptilian remains ever discovered. It was found in 1919, and the site is under the protection of the National Park Service. More than 200 tons of bones and other material of scientific scien-tific value have been removed for study and exhibition, with very little duplication of specimens. According to a statement by the Park Service, it is the belief of scientists that these prehistoric animals an-imals were originally imbedded in a sand bar in some ancient river. This sand turned to sandstone and was covered by thousands of feet jf other strata of rocks, the whole later being forced into an upright position by a great volcanic upheaval, upheav-al, which left the fossil bed exposed expos-ed on a mountain top. Through the patient labors of scientists who are continually exploring ex-ploring among such records preserved pre-served in the rocks, as well as a-mong a-mong the ruins of ancient civilization, civiliza-tion, salient facts in the world's history which were totally unknown a few years ago are being brought to light. |