Nature . these skeletons in vaiious ways. This has received pro-longed study, and after numerous experiments and somefailures has now reached a high degree of perfection. Januarv 19, 1899] NA TURE 27: It was at first believed impossible to mount a stone orfossilised skeleton free like a recent skeleton, and the. I robusium, skeleton of one of the largest species, of South Dakota. These reliefs, however, have the disadvantage ofpractically burying one side of the animal, and thu^rendering many parts both immovableand difficult of access for purposes ofstudy. In other words, the
Nature . these skeletons in vaiious ways. This has received pro-longed study, and after numerous experiments and somefailures has now reached a high degree of perfection. Januarv 19, 1899] NA TURE 27: It was at first believed impossible to mount a stone orfossilised skeleton free like a recent skeleton, and the. I robusium, skeleton of one of the largest species, of South Dakota. These reliefs, however, have the disadvantage ofpractically burying one side of the animal, and thu^rendering many parts both immovableand difficult of access for purposes ofstudy. In other words, the exhibitiorvpurpose too far supersedes the purelyscientific and research purpose. Anentire departure was therefore made ir»the skeletons of the swimming rhin-oceros, Mctamynodon ,and of the greatTitanotherium, both from the word will be of interest in regardto the discovery of these animals. Thefirst remains of the Metamynodon weresecured in 1892, namely, the skull andjaws and the greater part of the skeleton-A vigorous search in 1894 supplementedthese parts by a complete left hind footand an almost complete right fore of this animal are rare,,and the only pelvis which could be foundbelonged to an individual of slightly-smaller size. With these materials, how-ever, a co
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