The image stuck, and well into the 1960s dinosaurs were portrayed as sluggish, lumbering beasts that must have grown slowly to great size in a sort of benign hothouse where huge beasts reigned and raged.

• 这样的印象深植人心，一直到1960年代，恐龙都被描绘成迟钝、笨重的怪兽，在气候温暖、巨兽统治的世界中，缓慢生长成巨大的体形。