Paleontological museum studio photographs, 1946.

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Paleontological museum studio photographs, 1946.

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Photographs showing Scarrittia canquelensis skeletons collected in 1934 in the Deseado formation, Argentina during the second Scarritt Expedition. The skeletons were found in an old volcanic blowout in northern Patagonia. Expedition scientists included George Gaylord Simpson. Photographs were taken by Alex J. Rota. Photographs are identified.

3 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.3 photoprints : b&w.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Scarritt, Horace S.

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Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984

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