Guide leaflet (1901) (14581579228)

Identifier: scienceguide7692amer (find matches)
Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO



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Fig. 16. Restoration of Z)imc/i%s. Front and Side Views. By Anatol Heintz. 57 58 AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLET SHARKS(Cases 3, 4, 5) Sharks wore among the first vertebrates to appear and have survivedthroughout all later geologic ages. Giant Fossil Shark, Carcharodon megalodon. (Above entrance toexhibit): About the time when the glaciers covered the northern part ofNorth America, the seas were inhabited by gigantic sharks. The actualteeth of one of these monsters are shown above the entrance to the alcove.They are from the Tertiary of North Carolina. Their average height is4)^ inches. They have been set in jaws modelled after those of the Man-Eater Shark, which is the nearest relative of the giant extinct species(Carcharodon carcharias). The estimated length of this fish in life is 46feet. A scale drawing below the jaws shows its size as compared withthat of the Man-Eater and that of the average man. The Fin-Fold Shark, Cladoselache. (Case 4): Cladoselache is one ofthe most primitive