A femur (thigh bone) of a Camarasaur illustrates the enormous size of this reptile. This bone, like most of the others in the Quarry, was found isolated rather than in close proximity to adjacent bones as they would appear with a complete, articulated skeleton. (July 1961)

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Title A femur (thigh bone) of a Camarasaur illustrates the enormous size of this reptile. This bone, like most of the others in the Quarry, was found isolated rather than in close proximity to adjacent bones as they would appear with a complete, articulated skeleton. (July 1961)
Photo Number P1048n032
Description Photo of a man lying next to a thigh bone of a Camarasaur at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Emery County, Utah, July 1961
Date 1961-07
Textual Date July 1961
Keywords Utah; Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry; Paleonotology; Dinosaurs; Quarries; Men
Subject Dinosaurs--Utah--Photographs; Fossils--Collection and preservation--Utah--Photographs; Paleontology--Utah--Emery Co.--Photographs; Camarasaurus--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Emery County (Utah); Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry (Utah)
Additional Information None
Collection Number and Name P1048 James H. Madsen Photograph Collection
Collection Name James H. Madsen
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From The collection was donated by James H. Madsen in October 2002.
Rights All of the original slides comprising these sets, except as noted, were the personal property of James H. Madsen Jr. and DINOLAB, September 2002. They may not be reproduced in any way at this time without written permission from the Utah Museum of Natural History and the Special Collections Department, J. Willard Marriot Library, University of Utah.
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6tf0jgb
Setname uum_map
ID 954642
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tf0jgb
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