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A Nearly Complete Articulated Skeleton of Camarasaurus a Saurischian Dinosaur from the Dinosaur National Monument, Utah" [And] "Osteology of Ornithopodous Dinosaurs from the Dinosaur National Monument, Utah." Extracted from Memoirs Carnegie Museum, Vol. X. No. 3, pp. 347-410. Issued July 10, 1925.
by Gilmore, Charles W
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Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum, 1925. Folio. Original wrappers printed in black, wire-stitched. Unopened. Housed in a new, custom archival folder by Bainbridge Conservation. 6 plates, of which 1 is folding. This offprint was previously bound in an over-sized card binding applied by a library, with the upper and lower wrapper each having an additional stiff paper backing applied. The card binding has been removed by Bainbridge Conservation, who professionally conserved the spine with tissue, but the staff paper backing on the wrappers has been left intact. Some loss from the corners of the original wrappers, especially the upper wrapper, but not affecting text. Edges of wrappers a little toned, minor paper flaws affecting a few leaves, top corners of the final few leaves creased. A good copy. The rare offprint announcing "the most perfect sauropod skeleton ever discovered" (Ashworth, Paper Dinosaurs 40). This superb, nearly complete specimen of a juvenile Camarasaurus was discovered at the Carnegie quarry shortly after it became Dinosaur National Monument. "In 1925 Gilmore described the specimen in this fully illustrated memoir" which includes a photo of the fossil as it was found and later as it was displayed as a panel mount (Ashworth). "The articulation of the bones allowed Gilmore to conclude that Camarasaurus did not have its highest elevation at the shoulders, as Osborn and Mook had reconstructed it, but rather stood highest at the hips, like Apatosaurus and Diplodocus" (Ashworth).
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- A Nearly Complete Articulated Skeleton of Camarasaurus a Saurischian Dinosaur from the Dinosaur National Monument, Utah" [And] "Osteology of Ornithopodous Dinosaurs from the Dinosaur National Monument, Utah." Extracted from Memoirs Carnegie Museum, Vol. X. No. 3, pp. 347-410. Issued July 10, 1925.
- Author
- Gilmore, Charles W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Carnegie Museum
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Biology|Natural History|Zoology|Paleontology|Dinosaurs|Scientific Illustration
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- Offprint
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