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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo05amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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The American Museum Journal Vol. v. APRIL, 1905. No. THE MOUNTED SKELETON OF BRONTOSAURUS. By W. D. Matthew.
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IGHT years ago the American Museum began a search for fossil reptiles in the Rocky Mountain States. The prime object of the search was to obtain skeletons of the Dinosaurs, those gigantic extinct animals whose fragmentary remains, dis- covered in that region and studied and described especially by the late Professor Marsh, have excited the greatest interest among men of science. In order to place these marvels of an antique world before the public in tangible form, a Dinosaur Hall was planned, in which should be exhibited mounted skele- tons of the principal kinds of Dinosaurs. To obtain these, a series of expeditions into the regions of the arid West, where such fossils are to be found, was inaugurated and carried on under direction of Professor Osborn, and the collections of the late Professor Cope, containing three splendid skeletons of Dino- saurs,- were purchased through the liberality of President Jesup. This programme involved an amount of work hardly to be appreciated by outsiders, and it is as yet far from being com- plete. Nevertheless, the mounting of the largest skeleton, the Amphibious Dinosaur Brontosaurus, has been finished, the skele- ton of a remarkable dwarf Dinosaur, the "Bird-Catcher," has been mounted and placed on exhibition, the preparation and mounting of entire skeletons of three other large and very ex- traordinary types (the Carnivorous, Duck-billed and Armored Dinosaurs) are well under way, and diligent search is being made for complete and mountable skeletons of other important kinds. Many other more fragmentary specimens have been found, some of which are exhibited in the wall-cases around the hall. 6-^

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