The Dinosaurs of Wyoming - Wyoming State Geological Survey ...

THEIR ORIGIN Ai"D DISTRIBUTIOK 23
About fifty years ago a wonderful find of dinosaurs was
made near Brussels. Belgium, in a coal mine in a village called
Bernissart. The skeletons of no less than twenty-two huge
Iguanodont dinosaurs were found complete, embedded in a
fairly soft, clay-like rock. The authorities of the National
Museum at Brussels, Belgium, took charge of the place and
carefully removed the skeletons to the Museum, where seven
of the skeletons were cleaned of rock and mounted as one of
the most attractive dinosaur exhibits in Europe.
FIGURE 3.
Same map as that used in Figure 2, showing localities, indicated by the small black
squares, and the principal migratory routes of the carnivorous Dinosaurs-the Theropoda.-Courtesy
of Professor R. S. Lull.
Many other dinosaurs have been secured in various parts of
Europe and their bones are preserved in the larger University
Museums.
Australia was likewise the home of some of the dil1osaurs,
but they are so far only indicated by fragmentary remains.
The geographical distribution of the dinosaurs depended
upon their finding favorable liying conditions. Professor
R. S. Lull says:
"In order to comprehend the remarkable geographical distribution
of the dinosaurs, it is necessary to investigate the
character of their various habitats, the conditions they were