. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. AVES. No. 191. Brontozoum giganteum, Hitch. Single Track (impres- sion and relief), on slab. This is the largest tridactyle impres" sion ever discovered. It meas- ures eighteen inches in length, embracing an area of thirteen inches square within its out- lines, and is capable of holding two quarts of water. The mid- dle and outer toes measure 12 and a half inches,âlength of claw, inch. The print is remarkably well defined, hav- ing all the fidelity of
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. AVES. No. 191. Brontozoum giganteum, Hitch. Single Track (impres- sion and relief), on slab. This is the largest tridactyle impres" sion ever discovered. It meas- ures eighteen inches in length, embracing an area of thirteen inches square within its out- lines, and is capable of holding two quarts of water. The mid- dle and outer toes measure 12 and a half inches,âlength of claw, inch. The print is remarkably well defined, hav- ing all the fidelity of a plaster- cast. It was discovered by Dexter Marsh in the Liassic (?) Sandstone at Northampton, Mass., and belongs to the Bos- ton Society of Natural History. Size, 20 x 15. Price of either impression or relief, $ No. 192. Brontozoum giganteum, Hitch. iiililll 51. Mm â no JBH Ittr mwmm. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906. Rochester, N. Y. , Benton & Andrews, printers
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