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Abstract

This item is comprised of black and white and hand colored lanterns slides which document collecting events at various locations including Morrrison Fossil quarry, Freezeout Hill quarry, and Cheyenne River in South Dakota. The item also includes images of Ceratops specimens collected at the Belly River Formation at Red Deer River in Alberta, Canada and an image of the workroom of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Date Range

1900-1935

Start Date

1900

End Date

1935

Access Information

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Topic

Paleontology, Vertebrate

Place

  • Alberta
  • United States
  • Cheyenne River
  • South Dakota

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Lantern slides

Accession #

SIA RU000424

Collection name

Division of Vertebrate Paleontology records, circa 1947-1974 and undated

Physical Description

29 lantern slides

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 6