Detail View: Image Archives: Frank Howland at Trigonias Quarry Excavation

File Name: 
2009-3.P.jpg
catalog number: 
2009-3.P
collection: 
Excavation, General
title: 
Frank Howland at Trigonias Quarry Excavation
creator: 
Unknown
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Stefanie A. Derkatsch
creator type: 
scanning technician or creator of digital collection
description: 
Frank Howland inside one of the first holes opened up at the Trigonias Quarry. The excavation site was quite significant yielding the remains of a variety of prehistoric rhinoceroses including at least three complete Trigonias skeletons as well as at least thirty-seven skulls, fifty-nine pairs of mandibles, eight pelvic girdles, eight trays of vertebrae, several complete sets of ribs, and numerous limb bones. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University. Location: near Horsetail Creek.
date: 
1920
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Weld County
modified: 
No
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.20 MB
source: 
3 X 4 black and white contact print scanned with Epson Exprssion 10000XL at 900dpi, 8bit grayscale with unsharp unsharp mask level high.
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science