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Extinct Monsters Hall in National Museum of Natural History, late 1930s

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Title:
Extinct Monsters Hall in National Museum of Natural History, late 1930s
Notes:
For an additional picture of the large fossil of the Ray-finned bony fish, seen here on the wall second from right, see image of the Paleontological Laboratory, negative # 4886-B. The USNM Catalogue number for the Diplodocus longus is USNM 10865. Published in the "Smithsonian Scientific Series," Vol. 1, 1938
Summary:
The dinosaur known as "Diplodocus longus" in the "Extinct Monsters Hall" of the National Museum of Natural History. The dinosaur was collected by Smithsonian scientists Charles W. Gilmore and Norman H. Boss in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, in 1923, and measures 90 feet in length and is 12 feet, 5 inches high at the hips. The skeleton behind it is a Basilosaurus, an early whale from the early stage of whale evolution, from the late Eocene period (39-37 million years ago) and was found in Alabama. Other specimens which can be seen along the wall of the hall are a Ray-finned bony fish (second from right); a Edmontosaurus (seen through the legs of the Diplodocus longus); a Pteranodon ingens, a flying reptile (far left on the wall); and the skull of a Triceratops (by the tail of the Diplodocus longus)
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Topics:
Extinct Monsters Hall, Exhibitions, Skeleton, Dinosaurs, Paleontology, Basilosaurus, Diplodocus longus, Triceratops, Ray-finned bony fish, Edmontosaurus, Pteranodon ingens, Flying reptile
Subjects:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), United States National Museum
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Form/Genre:
Photographic print, Exhibit
Local Number:
32017-A or MNH-32017A
Physical Description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
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Extinct Monsters Hall in National Museum of Natural History, late 1930s, by Unknown, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, 32017-A or MNH-32017A.

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