Detail View: Image Archives: Trigonias Fossil Slab
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File Name:
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00-2182B.1.jpg
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catalog number:
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00-2182B.1
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collection:
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Dioramas and Exhibits
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title:
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Trigonias Fossil Slab
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creator:
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Albert C. Rogers
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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 or creator of digital collection
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description:
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Trigonias fossil slab being prepared for a Denver Museum of Natural Hisotry (now Denver Museum of Nature and Science) exhibit. The exhibit featured a group of skeletons found at the Trigonias Quarry at Horsetail Creek. 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.
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date:
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1915-1935
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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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Yes, shadow and highlights adjusted using Photoshop CS5
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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2.90 MB
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source:
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8 x 10 black and white print scanned with Epson Exprssion 10000XL at 300dpi, 8bit grayscale with unsharp mask level high
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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