File Name:
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IV.2006-2 .jpg
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catalog number:
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2006-2
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collection:
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Dioramas and Exhibits
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title:
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Articulated skeletons in Rancho La Brea exhibit, left side.
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creator:
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Christine Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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creator:
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Unknown
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creator type:
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photographer
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description:
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La Brea Tar Pit exhibit found in the original Fossil Mammal Hall shown during Pleistocene Epoch (2.5 million - 10,000 years ago). Rancho la Brea mounted skeletons (done by Henry Wichers) of giant ground sloth (Paramylodon harlani), Dire wolf (Aenocyon related to the smaller extant gray wolf) and saber-tooth cat (Smilodon). The mural was painted by Mary Chilton Gray showing the giant ground sloth, Smilodon, Aenocyon and Teratornis (large bird twice the size of the California Condor).
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date:
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1950-1959
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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modified:
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no
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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2.56 MB
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source:
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8 X 10 black and white print scanned at 800 dpi, 16-bit depth with Epson Expression 10000XL
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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