‘Brontosaurus excelsius’
Date
1896
Object type
Library reference
RCN54583
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 254mm
width (print): 194mm
width (print): 194mm
Subject
Description
Side view of a reconstruction of the fossilized skeletal remains of a Jurassic period dinosaur, here referred to as Brontosaurus excelcius (Apatosaurus excelcius).
Plate 42 from the book The dinosaurs of North America by Othniel Charles Marsh (Washington, 1896).
The accompanying description states that: ‘Nearly all the bones represented in this restoration belonged to a single individual which when alive was nearly or quite sixty feet in length…The type specimen was discovered by W.H.Reed, near Lake Como, Wyoming.’
Inscribed above: ‘U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PART I PL.XLII.’ Inscribed below: ‘RESTORATION OF BRONTOSAURUS EXCELCIUS Marsh. One-ninetieth natural size. Jurassic, Wyoming.’
Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) American palaeontologist and Yale University professor, known for participating in the ‘bone wars’ against Edward Drinker Cope.
Plate 42 from the book The dinosaurs of North America by Othniel Charles Marsh (Washington, 1896).
The accompanying description states that: ‘Nearly all the bones represented in this restoration belonged to a single individual which when alive was nearly or quite sixty feet in length…The type specimen was discovered by W.H.Reed, near Lake Como, Wyoming.’
Inscribed above: ‘U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PART I PL.XLII.’ Inscribed below: ‘RESTORATION OF BRONTOSAURUS EXCELCIUS Marsh. One-ninetieth natural size. Jurassic, Wyoming.’
Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) American palaeontologist and Yale University professor, known for participating in the ‘bone wars’ against Edward Drinker Cope.
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