100219817

Patriofelis and crocodile prey, painting by Charles Knight, 1896

[1896]

Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 (artist)

Paintings

51 x 68 cm. In wooden frame, 74 x 89 x 4 cm.

1 painting : gouache on artist's board. Signed and dated "96" at lower right. Two otter-like felids with webbed toes by a lake or stream, one with a crocodile in its jaws. This depiction of Patriofelis ferox (a Middle Eocene creodont from North America) is now deemed inaccurate.

Extinct mammals

AMNH Special Collections, [no call number]: Patriofelis and crocodile prey, [1896].

AMNH Library catalog record: [Patriofelis and crocodile prey] [art original]

Czerkas, S.M. and Glut, D.F. Dinosaurs, mammoths, and cavemen: the art of Charles R. Knight. New York: Dutton, 1982. p. 51

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Photographic Transparency Number: 2429

Barcode Number: 100219817

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