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Identifier
sa7_079_01
Description
This item features the black and white photo of a fossil marine lizard found near Edgemont, South Dakota. This sea reptile known as Platecarpus belongs to the great extinct family of Mosasaurs. 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. The fossil was mounted by James Bump of the Rapid City School of Mines in 1930.
Physical Description
black and white photograph
Keywords
Fossils, Specimens, Measurement, Prehistoric life, Museum Exhibits, Paleontology, South Dakota
Rights
© University Archives, Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by FHSU Digital Collections
Collection
Recommended Citation
Sternberg, George Fryer 1883-1969, "079_01: Fossil Marine Lizard - Platecarpus" (2021). George Sternberg Album #7. 304.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sternberg_album7/304
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
Fossils, Specimens, Measurement, Prehistoric life, Museum Exhibits, Paleontology, South Dakota
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