Preview
Identifier
sa7_079_00
Description
This page is from George Sternberg's personal photo album. A black and white photo of a fossil marine lizard. The photo is on a black album page.
Physical Description
11 x 15 inch post-bound photographic scrapbook page
Keywords
Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Memorial works, Biographical history, Photographic prints
Rights
© University Archives, Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by FHSU Digital Collections
Collection
Recommended Citation
Sternberg, George Fryer 1883-1969, "079_00: Scrapbook Page with One Image" (2021). George Sternberg Album #7. 303.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sternberg_album7/303
Language
eng
Transcription
Collected and Prepared by staff of School of Mines. Rapid City, S. Dakota. A FOSSIL MARINE LIZARD This sea reptile known as Platecarpus belongs to the great extinct family of Mosasaurs. The specimen was found in the lower Pierre shale formation about twenty-three miles west of Edgemont, South Dakota. The bones are in position as found except that the skeleton has been turned over. The rear paddles and much of the tail are missing. The full length of the animal in life was perhaps twenty feet. Reptiles of this general character lived in considerable numbers in late Cretaceous time, and this individual swam in the seas which then covered the region of the Black Hills. Mounted Dec. 1930 by James Bump. '29 No. P301
Keywords
Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Memorial works, Biographical history, Photographic prints
Comments
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