Ref No | LDGSL/682/1 |
Title | Lithographs of bones of sauropods |
Date | 1878-1899 |
Level | File |
Extent | 90 sheets |
Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
Description | Othniel Charles MARSH, lithographs of the bones of sauropods lithographed by E Crisand, New Haven, after drawings by Frederick Berger, 1878-1899. Comprising:
SAUROPODA Plates I-II - Diplodocus Longus, skull Plates III-IV - Morosaurus Grandis, shoulder blades, pelvis, vertebrae, etc Plates V-VI - Brontosaurus Excelsus, teeth and jaws Plates VII-XI - Morosaurus Grandis, teeth, vertebrae Plates XII-XIII - Brontosaurus Excelsus, pelvis Plates XIV-XVI - Atlantosaurus Immanis, pelvis Plates XVII-XXII - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plates XXIII-XXV - Morosaurus Grandis Plates XXVI-XXVII - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate XXVIII - Brontosaurus Amplus Plates XXIX-XXX - Apatosaurus Ajax Plate XXXI - Morosaurus Grandis Plate XXXII - Brontosaurus Excelsus, vertebra (full size, in two sheets) Plates XXXIII-XXXV - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate XXXVI - Diplodocus Longus Plates XXXVII-XXXVIII - Morosaurus Grandis Plates XXXIX-XLII - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate XLIII - Morosaurus Grandis Plate XLIV - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate XLV - Apatosaurus Ajax Plate XLVI - Morosaurus Grandis Plates XLVII-XLVIII - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate XLIX - Morosaurus Grandis Plate L - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate LI - Morosaurus Grandis Plate LII - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate LIII - Morosaurus Grandis Plates LIV-LIX - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plates LX-LXI - Morosaurus Lentus Plates LXII-LXIII - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate LXIV - Brontosaurus Amplus Plate LXV - Morosaurus Grandis Plate LXVI - Morosaurus Robustus Plate LXVII - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate LXVIII - Morosaurus Grandis Plate LXIX - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plate LXX - Morosaurus Lentus Plate LXXI - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plates LXXII-LXXIII - Morosaurus Grandis Plate LXXIV - Brontosaurus Excelsus Plates LXXV-LXXVIII - Morosaurus Grandis Plate LXXIX - Morosaurus Grandis, Morosaurus Lentus Plate LXXX - Diplodocus Longus Plates LXXXI-LXXXIX - Morosaurus Grandis [last plate shows complete pelvis] Plate XC - Brontosaurus Excelsus, complete skeleton [heavily stained and foxed] |
Provenance | Presented by the United States Geological Survey, 1931. |
Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
Language | English |
Publication Note | See: Osborn, H F. "USGS unpublished lithographic plates", 'Science', vol 74 (1931) pp43-44. |
ArchNote | Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam |
CreatorName | MARSH | Othniel Charles | 1831-1899 | palaeontologist |
BERGER | Frederick | fl 1870s-1890s | artist |
Subject | Diapsida |
Previous reference | LDGSL 682 |