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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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BALUCHITHERIIM. A gigantic fossil mammal 34 feet in length, probably related to the rhinoceros theless, primitive birds originated fromlight-boned pre-dinosaurs of a far earlierepoch (Triassic). Some examples offossil birds are shown in the furtherright hand corner of the hall, includingthe giant long-legged Diatryma with itspowerful beak, and the ancient swim-ming water bird, Hesperornis. In a neigh-boring case are casts of the famousArchccopteryx. This creature was actuallytransitional between reptiles and birds,having the skeletal characteristics, clawedfore-limb, and tapering tail of the formerand the beak-shaped jaws and featheredcovering of the latter. On the wall oppo-site are fossils and drawings of the greatflying reptile, Pteranodon. A huge thinfold of skin extending from the elongatedfifth finger to the outer edge of the feetenabled it to flit through the air like abat. Hall of Mongolian Vertebrates(Index Plan, p. 19, Floor IV, Hall 5) Here are exhibits of specimens ob-tain

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