Detail View: Image Archives: Stegomastodon excavation
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File Name:
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WEI2011-20.jpg
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catalog number:
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WEI2011-20
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collection:
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Fieldwork, Curator
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title:
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Stegomastodon excavation
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creator:
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Richard M. Wicker
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creator type:
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photographer
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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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description:
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Billy Doran DMNS volunteer removing dirt from around stegomastodon bones so that they can be field jacketed in the Weiss Gravel Pit near Holyoke, Colorado. The stegomastodon is an extinct proboscidean which lived 1.2 to 6 million years ago. It stood 2.8 metres (9 ft) tall and looked like a robust version of the modern elephant. It weighed about 13,000 lb.
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date:
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8/10/2011
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Phillips County, Weiss Gravel Pit
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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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1.92 MB
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source:
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Nikon D300
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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