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1 day ago · The "Warren mastodon", under the request of American paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn, was purchased by the American financier J. P. Morgan for $30,000 in 1906 and donated to the American Museum of Natural History where it is exhibited today. Early taxonomic history
Jul 13, 2023 · Henry Fairfield Osborn and Walter Granger published research in the 1930s about the various life stages and development of the Platybelodon that went on to become a well-visited exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The exhibit does not include actual fossils, however.
4 days ago · Henry Fairfield Osborn lent his support to reconstructing Triceratops with sprawling forelimbs. 1930. Carl Wiman described the species Pentaceratops fenestratus. Gilmore described the species Styracosaurus ovatus. 1931. Yang Zhongjian ("C.C. Young") described the species Psittacosaurus osborni and P. tingi. 1933
1 day ago · The passenger pigeon is depicted as a creature that was minding its own business at home when invaders from the outside came in. The pigeons in their brooding places were natural and belonged there; the hunters with their telegraph lines and rifles were unnatural and undesirable. Wikimedia/Smith Bennett.
2 days ago · American paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn named the species in 1929. Beyond Mongolia, a few brontothere fossils have been found in the Maoming Basin, Guangdong Province, China. Paleontologists used this particular fossil discovery to decipher the true dentition of the creature.
- Embolotherium was alive during the Eocene Epoch, which ended 33.9 million years ago. It was highly perceived as one of the most successful herbivor...
- It was as big as a modern-day rhino. It weighed up to 4400 pounds and was as long as 16 feet. The massive mammal stood at about 8 feet in height. E...
- The creature was herbivorous with a delicate dentition that was better suited for eating soft vegetation.
- Climate change, coupled with the rise of more competitive and fast-adapting herbivores in its ecosystem, forced the Embolotherium into extinction b...
19 hours ago · The first Tyrannosaurus rex fossils were discovered in 1902 by Barnum Brown, a famous American paleontologist, in Montana. The species was officially named in 1905 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, the ...
3 days ago · Shuffling through specimens of shale pressed with prehistoric organisms, paleontologist Herbert Meyer kept coming across a familiar name. It’s 2009, and Meyer had just completed a database for ...
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