Detail View: Image Archives: Trigonias Fossil Quarry
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File Name:
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00-2097A.jpg
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catalog number:
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00-2097A
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collection:
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Excavation, General
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title:
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Trigonias Fossil Quarry
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creator:
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Harvey C. Markman
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Stefanie A. Derkatsch
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creator type:
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scanning technician and creator of digital collection
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description:
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Denver Museum of Natural History (now known as Denver Museum of Nature & Science) field party camp at the Trigonias quarry with automobile, tents and wooden fence. The excavation site was quite significant and yielded 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. The site yielded remains of a variety of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University. The photo was taken in the Horsetail Creek area.
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date:
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1920
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Weld County
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modified:
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yes, shadow and highlights adugsted using Photoshop CS5
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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2.55 MB
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source:
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8 X 10 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 300 dpi, 8bit grayscale and backlight correction
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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