The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17971654980)
Summary
Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo03amer (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 great Satiropod, Catnarasaurus, the "Chambered-Dinosaur," so called from the great cavities in its vertebrae. This is the greater part of the skeleton of an animal about seventy feet in length, and it is hoped, with the aid of other material now in the Mu- seum, that it will be possible soon to place on exhibition a com- plete mounted skeleton of this, the largest of known quadrupeds. The cases in the new East Corner Wing of the Museum are now being put in order for the reception of this collection; and two preparators are working tmder Mr. Hermann's direction es- pecially upon the Hadrosaur and the Camarasaur, so as to hasten fonvard these exhibits. nc
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EXTINCT SABRE-TOOTH TIGER, SMILODON ; SKELETON IN COPE PAMPEAN COLLECTION RESTORATION BY WOLFF THE PAMPEAN COLLECTION. Presented to the Museum by several of the Trustees. This collection, representing the Pleistocene fauna of South America, includes three series of specimens, brought together by Ameghino, Larroque and Brachet and sent by the Argentine Re- pubHc to the Paris Exposition of 1878. Professor Cope was so captivated by this collection that he purchased it outright, and