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Spinosaurus Display, 1920-1944

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Display in the travelling exhibit "Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous" which reconstructs the display of the holotype specimen as it would have been seen at the Paläontologisches Museum München (Bavarian State Collection of Paleontology) from the 1920s until 1944.  The original Spinosaurus specimen was discovered in Egypt by German palentologist Ernst Stromer in 1915; like all Spinosaurus skeletons found since the original, the type specimen was heavily fragmented.  Stromer did draw a hypothetical reconstruction of Spinosaurus, though, as the link shows, his reconstruction resembled the typical theropod build common at the time and would remain the standard look of Spinosaurus until the discovery Baryonyx and other relatives in the late 20th century.  Stromer did theorize that Spinosaurus was a fish eater based on the teeth he found and that it was likely as large, if not larger, than the recently discovered Tyrannosaurus rex.  Stromer had the skeleton mounted in the Bavarian State Collection in the 1920s and it proved to be very popular with the public despite being incomplete.  The skeleton would remain with the Collection until 1944, when the Allied bombing of Munich during World War II destroyed the museum and all the specimens within, including the bones of Spinosaurus.  Stromer had attempted to have the museum's collection moved to a more secure location, but his requests were ignored, largely due to political differences: the musuem curator was a strong supporter of the Nazi party while Stromer was fervently and publically against them.
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1280x960px 534.91 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSC-P41
Shutter Speed
10/400 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Oct 5, 2014, 12:04:21 PM
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