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A postcard depicting a Charles R. Knight painting of an Allosaurus and Camptosaurus

Unknown

Dexter Press (photographer)

Ephemera

8 15/16 x 5 15/16

Verso: Giant Post Card. The American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Alllosaurus (foreground) was a large, meateating dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period of earth history, about 140 million years ago. This aggressive reptile, which preyed upon other dinosaurs, was about 30 feet long and probably weighed several tons when it was alive. Several individuals of Camptosaurus, a small, inoffensive, plant eating dinosaur are shown in the background. Painting on display, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Series Code: 76898. Publisher: Dexter Press, Inc.

Painting

DR133

American Museum of Natural History Printed Archives

AMNH Library authority record: Knight, Charles Robert 1874-1953

American Museum of Natural History Library

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American Museum of Natural History