General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History (1911) (14757158576)

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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO



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out 80,000,000years old. At that time, Kansas, now in themidst of the continent, was submerged undera shallow sea, somewhat like the Mediter-ranean, swarming with giant sea-lizards, hugemarine turtles, and great and small fishesof many kinds. In the first alcove to the right, a wall-chartillustrates the stream of fish life in geologicsequence, 500,000,000 years of fishes. It givesat a glance the basic arrangement of thespecimens shown, notable among which areOstracoderms from the Silurian and Devon-ian, the giant Portheus, and the saw-finnedProtosphyreena from the Cretaceous of Kan-sas. FOSSIL REPTILES The dinosaurs, the largest of the fossil rep-tiles, form the most spectacular part of theMuseums paleontologic exhibits. The moreprimitive reptiles and also those of such othergroups as the fossil alligators and turtles arealso well represented in the Museums collec-tions. They are displayed in a series of hallson the fourth floor of the Museum as de-scribed on the following pages. C39J
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