They burdened this earth a thousand ages before man appeared, but their fossil remains, found in the argillaceous limestone called by the English the lias, have enabled their colossal structure to be perfectly built up again and anatomically ascertained.
Ils apparurent sur la terre mille siècles avant l'homme, mais leurs ossements fossiles, retrouvés dans ce calcaire argileux que les Anglais nomment le lias, ont permis de les reconstruire anatomiquement et de connaître leur colossale conformation.