Capitolo 30
those that draw near to more almost our own times. The name of this
period is the Mesozoics they calculate, or the period of the middle life
forms.<14 > It is instructive to notice the you consolidate advance in the
typists of the life, animal and vegetable. The abundant flowerless
vegetation of the coal formation of the preceding epoch decreases
street. But the in bloom trees increase in number and the importance
up to that, in the last period of the time of Mesozoic, we have trees
with deciduous leaves. A great many of our trees of forest had
representatives in the forests of that epoch.
Illustration of Ichthyosauri.-----------
Palms and kind like the great tree of the California you/he/she was growing
you side from side with kind similar to our his/her own common trees. But in
the animal world there were a lot of strange forms. This had the age
of reptiles. They on the earth in the air and in the,
sea. On the earth it furtively drew near there to repent enormous fifty and sixty
feet crave, and, when being standing erect, at least thirty feet
stop.<15 > Some of these enormous creatures were carnivorous, while living
on other animals. Others fed on the foliage of trees. In the
you air, dragons crazy volatori, true of reptile and enormous with an expansion
of wings from ten to winds feet, their disported.<16>
In the sea there it swam the great whales of reptile, seals and
walruses.<17 > There was a marvelous abundance of the life of reptile.
A present day, it is not more than six kinds of
repent in the whole world that has a length more of fifteen
feet, and not more than eighteen kinds that exceed ten feet in
length. But from a limited place, representing but a was
of this age in England, there four or five have been open
kind of reptiles carnivorous winds to fifty feet along, ten
or twelve kinds of crocodiles, lizards, and repent from swimming
from ten to sixty feet along--besides crowds of great flight
repent and it goes in search of turtle. Undoubtedly scenes similar of the animal life
you/he/she was represented everywhere.