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Extinct Monsters: The Marsh Dinosaurs, Part I | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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Extinct Monsters: Ice Age Mammals. Extinct Monsters: The Marsh Dinosaurs, Part II →. August 23, 2012 · 5:42 am. Extinct Monsters: The Marsh Dinosaurs, Part I. To start the Extinct Monsters series from the beginning. Remains the definitive account), so I won’t get into that here. Discovery and excavation are only the first steps in a fossil’s journey, so this post concerns what happened next to the 80-some tons of material Marsh and his colleagues collected for the USGS. But it had recently been re-popula...
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Museums and the Triceratops Posture Problem – Part 1 | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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Framing Fossil Exhibits, Part 1. Exhibit Review: Dinosaur Mysteries at the Maryland Science Center →. July 16, 2014 · 12:16 pm. Museums and the Triceratops Posture Problem – Part 1. The world’s first. Mount at the United States National Museum, built in 1905. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. We know more about dinosaurs today than previous generations of researchers would have ever thought possible. Who would have guessed that in the 21. Are quite perplexing. The head of the hu...
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Key Posts | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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It may be fairly claimed that vertebrate paleontology has been the most important single factor in the rise and popularization of natural history museums. This is perhaps its greatest contribution to the social, as opposed to the scientific, history of America (Simpson 1942, 157). 8211; The True Story of How “Brontosaurus” Lost its Head. Displaying the Tyrant King – Part 1. Installation Art in the Service of Science. History of the AMNH Fossil Halls – Part 1. The Carnegie Quarry Diaspora. History of the ...
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theropods | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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September 30, 2016 · 9:20 am. The National Fossil Hall Rejects. In April 2014, the paleontology exhibits at the National Museum of Natural History closed for a wall-to-wall renovation. The re-imagined National Fossil Hall will reopen in 2019. We are now approaching the halfway point of this journey, which seems like a fine time to say farewell to some of the more charismatic specimens that are being rotated off display. In 2014. Photo by the author. Which will be returning). While the genus. Elected to r...
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The Osborn problem | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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The Gilmore Models: Where are they now? July 17, 2013 · 7:07 pm. In recent decades, however, historical interest in Osborn has been mostly focused on his disreputable personal and political beliefs: Osborn was a flagrant racist and anti-Semite, an admirer of Adolf Hitler and a strong supporter of research in eugenics. Osborn regularly used his clout to bring material harm to the American working class, lobbying for legislation including the Emergency Quota Act. And the Immigration Act of 1924. After all,...
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Stegosaurus | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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August 14, 2015 · 1:27 pm. Denver’s Fighting Dinosaurs. Mounts at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Source. Just a quick post today to keep the blog moving. The. Plainly represent swift and active animals. Unlike many similar scenes, however, the action here is tempered with careful attention to anatomical detail: no limbs are hyperextended, and no bones are out of place. This postcard shows the original. High school teacher Frank Kessler discovered the. Mount in 1938, and it remained a focal poin...
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NMNH Series | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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The USNM fossil hall, circa 1932. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. And will not reopen until 2019. Overview of Fossil Exhibits at the Smithsonian. The Marsh Dinosaurs: Part I. Murals, Models and Dioramas. Hall of Ice Age Mammals and the Rise of Man. Life in the Ancient Seas: the Exhibit. And the Department of Paleobiology. For official news on the fossil hall renovation. 3 responses to “. September 17, 2012 at 9:26 pm. Are you in the area? This blog is great! Enter your comment here.
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The Pan-American Expo Triceratops Lives On UPDATE: Or does it? | EXTINCT MONSTERS
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Framing Fossil Exhibits: Environmental Change. Denver’s Fighting Dinosaurs →. July 16, 2015 · 3:24 pm. The Pan-American Expo Triceratops Lives On UPDATE: Or does it? Triceratops at the Natural History Museum, London. Source. Don’t you hate it when you miss something glaringly obvious? I’ve never seen the. Skull that’s ever been found. I had assumed that the funky frill and extremely long nasal horn were sculpted flourishes, but it turns out that no part of this. In a different context. Model was meant to...
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Marian Maas reflects on her grandfather, Elmer S. Riggs | EXPEDITION LIVE!
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Learn About Our Fieldwork. Dinosaurs of the Dawn: Late Cretaceous, New Mexico and Utah. Dinos On The Edge: Late Cretaceous, Colorado and Utah. Feathered Dino Death Pit: Early Cretaceous, Utah. Before the Extinction: Late Cretaceous, Montana. Ancient North Carolina: Late Triassic. Learn About Our Research. Marian Maas reflects on her grandfather, Elmer S. Riggs. August 6, 2015. Marian was also the granddaughter of Elmer S. Riggs. Riggs family portrait ca. 1933 with Elmer and Fannie in the middle. Marian w...
