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skeleton under the direction of Cope. The drawing was 68 ft in length and based on known Camarasaurus bones as well as the reconstructed limbs Morosaurus grandis published by Marsh a few months earlier. Little was known of the skull at the time, and since most modern reptiles are carnivorous, it was assumed that the same applied to Camarasaurus. Consequently, the hypothetical skull bore long, carnivorous teeth. This drawing is the first skeletal reconstruction of a sauropod ever made, although it was only

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