General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . of thehall on the right. Fossil rhinoceroses are shown near thecenter of the hall on the left. A fine seriesof skeletons illustrates the diverse types ofAmerican rhinoceroses, and a synoptic seriesshows the evolution of this group of mam-mals. The large block in the central aisle isfrom Agate, Nebraska, andvontains heaped-up bones, chiefly of the double-horned rhi-noceros, Diceratherium, still in the originalrock, as found. There are twenty-one skullsand innumerable other bones in this singleblock, giving a graph
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . of thehall on the right. Fossil rhinoceroses are shown near thecenter of the hall on the left. A fine seriesof skeletons illustrates the diverse types ofAmerican rhinoceroses, and a synoptic seriesshows the evolution of this group of mam-mals. The large block in the central aisle isfrom Agate, Nebraska, andvontains heaped-up bones, chiefly of the double-horned rhi-noceros, Diceratherium, still in the originalrock, as found. There are twenty-one skullsand innumerable other bones in this singleblock, giving a graphic conception of theenormous numbers of prehistoric animalsthat once roamed over our West. Near this,in the center of the hall, is the skeleton ofMoropus, a most extraordinary mammal ofbizarre proportions and equipped with great TITANOTHERES. These long-extinct relatives of the horses and rhinoceroses began as small animals about the size of a small fox. The last of the titanotheres such as Brontothcriuin, on the left, were gigantic beasts with horns on the front of the skull. A GROUP OF .MIOCENE CAMEL SKELETONS (Stenowylus). Some of these are mountedin characteristic attitudes as if thev were alive, others are lving on the rock matrix as theirremains were actually found bv a Museum expedition. These camels inhabited America at the beginning of the Miocene Period claws. Nevertheless, it belongs among thehoofed mammals and is related to the horsesand rhinoceroses. Also on the right side of the hall are speci-mens illustrating the evolution of the even-toed mammals, or Artiodactvls. Here arefound the pigs and their relatives, the pecu-liar extinct oreodonts, the camels, deer, gi-raffes, and cattle. The group of small camels in the centralaisle forms a striking display. The gracefullittle animals, Stenomylns, lived in Nebraskaduring the middle of the Age of skeletons are shown exactly as thevwere found in the rock, and five others havebeen mounted in various living po
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