Dinosaurs capture the imagination of the visitor.
This reconstruction of a skull, with the original fossils displayed nearby, has special significance. This is spiclypeus shipporum, a new species found in the Judith River Formation in Montana. The find has also been called Judith in honour of the location- and that river was so named by the explorer William Clark, co-captain of the Lewis & Clark expedition, for a woman back home he would later marry.
Here's an artistic look at Judith.
The original fossils are displayed here.
Some final shots from the Fossil Gallery.
I decided to go all negative on one of these shots. I'm not quite done with the Museum of Nature, but will get back to it after the beginning of the month.
Funny story. Dunno if I´d marry a man that named a dinosaur after me. Some compliment ;-)
ReplyDeleteImpressive displays.
Ah, but he named a river after her. Clark's day preceded the rise of paleontologists.
DeleteJudith is not less scary...
ReplyDeleteShe has an interesting look.
DeleteThese are impressive skeletons.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteJudith is a fine looking specimen! The entomologist Charles Rothschild went the other way and named his daughter Pannonica after a moth!
ReplyDeleteWhat an unusual choice.
DeleteI think I could suddenly run very fast again if I bumped into Judith one evening.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteImpressionante.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
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Thanks!
DeleteHumans play games with naming. A person I know quite well named her son Thuja, the genus of certain types of cedar.
ReplyDeleteVery unusual.
Delete...dinosaurs have been a curiosity for many.
ReplyDeleteThey have.
DeleteI like the way an artist put fake eyes on the Judith portrait. I like that a river was named after a woman that an explorer was in love with...and then a dinosaur too! Hope she lived up to all those expectations through being honored in that way.
ReplyDeleteShe married an accomplished man. The Lewis and Clark expedition is one of my favourite chapters of American history.
DeleteJudith looks quite fierce, William.
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't want to mess with her.
DeleteAs long as they capture my imagination and leave me alone....phew!
ReplyDeleteFortunately that is a given.
DeleteJudith is one amazing dinosaur ~ great photos ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Yes she is.
DeleteIt is amazing how they reconstruct the dinosaurs!
ReplyDeleteIt is.
DeleteDefinitely don't mess with Judith.
ReplyDeleteNo!
DeleteTe imaginarías como sería su vida, durante el tiempo de su existencia y la gran amenaza que supondría para el hombre.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteYou don't realize just how large they are till you see them with people.
ReplyDeleteTrue!
DeleteJudith is a strange name for a dinosaur. Some great photos here.
ReplyDeleteJudith is not a common name these days either.
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