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Hi y'all,

 

I went to the AMNH literally days before NY (and the world) shut down. There definitely seemed to be less people than I presumed was usual. Despite spending just a couple of hours there, I can say it's my favorite museum. Unlike many museums, most of the specimens on display are complete or mostly actual fossils. I really want to go back to take my time and comb through the entire museum. I wish I took more pictures - guess I was too busy admiring it all. You can tour the museum yourself on Google Earth (the link should drop you right into the Saurichian hall). 

 

I realize there are several other topics about the AMNH, but I figured I could contribute some new/more views of the same specimens or at least a couple of new things.

 

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Right away you're greeted by this impressive display (Allosaurus vs Barosaurus):

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I then immediately went to the Saurichian wing.

Velociraptor mongoliensis (holotype skull):

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Other dromaeosaur, with a velociraptor claw to the lower right:

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Tyrannosaurus rex (AMNH 5027):

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I believe AMNH 5027 has most of the rib and back bones, and the complete skull is in a display next to the rest of the skeleton.

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You can kinda see that the skull is warped/crushed.

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This is the first complete rex skull ever found. It's unfortunate for photography that many things here are in glass displays - can't get a good picture without reflections. 

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Allosaurus sp. (can't remember species if known):

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This display has been like this for about 100 yrs. 

Skull:

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Artwork by Charles R. Knight:

Allosaurus (inspired by the display):

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Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus:

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"Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan

"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman

 

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Hall of Vertebrate Origins:

 

Dunkleosteus:

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Orthocanthus texensis (reconstructed jaws):

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"Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan

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Eryops (no teeth?):

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Paleozoic shark teeth:IMG_5530.thumb.jpeg.73e6e5258547587e601d54e32e39a251.jpeg

 

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More recent shark teeth:

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"Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan

"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman

 

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Ornithician Hall:

 

Triceratops horridus (composite):

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Edmontosaurus "mummy" (AMNH 5060):

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AMNH 5060 skin closeup:

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"Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan

"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman

 

Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | SquamatesPost Oak Creek | North Sulphur RiverLee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone

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Stegosaurus sp.:

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"Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan

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...and finally the lovely "Lucy."

 

Australopithecus afarensis:

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This is of course a replica - the real Lucy is in Ethiopia. Most of the fossils in the human origins hall are reproductions. I didn't get many photos because it was so dark in there.

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25 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

Great shots despite the few reflections....oh! You're not done yet....

Thanks. Don't worry about it. 

 

I think that some of the small sculptures by the trike and stego are also made by Knight.

"Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan

"I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman

 

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Thanks for your kid-in-a-candy-store report. It is quite a place, isn't it. I'm afraid it's been way too many years since I've been there, and I greatly enjoyed your photographic tour. I was startled, the last time I was there, by the senior discount I was awarded at the admissions desk. Me? A senior? You must be mistaken!  Well, that was years ago and I'm long past the denial stage now.  I hope to get back there soon, to my awesome childhood playground. Thanks for your post.

Start the day with a smile and get it over with.

 

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Thank youfor sharing

Starting at about 5 years  of age, my father took me to Revolutionary and Civil War battlefields and the AMNH, in NYC. It was a place of Awe and Imagination and filled my dreams.  Especially the amphibian with the nostril tusks... It still wanders around in my sub_conscious.

I go back occasionally.  These from a decade ago.

 

 

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The White Queen  ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast"

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