Detail View: Image Archives: Marshosaurus

File Name: 
CI-EPV.3718-a.D.jpg
catalog number: 
EPV.3718
collection: 
Paleontology
title: 
Marshosaurus
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Partial skeleton of a Marshosaurus bicentesimus found at Dinosaur National Monument (Moffat County, Colorado) in the Morrison Formation (late Jurassic period, approximately 161 - 145 million years ago). This theropod was was a carnivore that was up to 16 - 20 feet in length with a 2 foot skull and named in 1976. This specimen was excavated by DMNS staff in 1991 under the supervision of Dr. Kenneth Carpenter DMNS Chief Preparator and Curator of Paleontology.
date: 
4/22/2013
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.33 MB
source: 
Nikon D800
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science