General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . -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 poses. Among the other cloven-hoofed mam-mals, the so-called giant pigs or entelodontsand the oreodonts are noteworthy. The lat-ter, a totally extinct group somewhat pi
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . -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 poses. Among the other cloven-hoofed mam-mals, the so-called giant pigs or entelodontsand the oreodonts are noteworthy. The lat-ter, a totally extinct group somewhat pig-likein appearance but with teeth more like thoseof sheep, are strikinglv represented by threecomplete skeletons huddled together, stillintact in the rock just as death overtook themmillions of vears ago. On this side of the hall are found skeletonsof two extinct sea cows, one from Europe,the other from Florida. In addition at the endof the hall is a special exhibit of extinctproboscideans, mammals related to the mod-ern elephants. One of the most outstanding exhibits is U?:]. +*r^ •^?N^-. ]
Size: 2092px × 1194px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade191, booksubjectnaturalhistorymuseums
