File:Knight hadrosaurs.jpg
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 | Note: This historical image is not a factually accurate dinosaur restoration. Reason: Tail would have been level with body in real life, was also semi-quadrupedal. |
Summary
Charles Robert Knight: Hadrosaurs (Trachodon)
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| Artist |
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| Title |
Hadrosaurs (Trachodon) |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Historical life restoration of “Hadrosaurus mirabilis” (i.e. Edmontosaurus annectens aka Anatoasaurus copei) by a lake. |
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| Date | 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | gouache on paper | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 40 cm (15.7 in); width: 57 cm (22.4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | American Museum of Natural History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current location |
Research Library |
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| Accession number |
RF-89-C |
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| Inscriptions |
Signature and date bottom-left corner:
CHAS. R. KNIGHT / (18)97
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| Notes | In box | ||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Hadrosaurus mirabilis (Leidy) is the type sketeton in the Cope collection, thirty-eight feet tong, from the Laramie Cretaceous beds. The animal was preyed on by the carnivorous leaping lizard, Lælaps incrassatus."
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaurs-charles-r-knight/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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