Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-31 | Page 17 | Work Progresses on Dinosaur Fossils

Work Progresses on on Dinosaur Fossils Work toward mounting several of ot the he best specimens of the huge fossil dinosaur remains for public exhibition at the University of ot Utah dinosaur headquarters is progressing progressing progressing pro pro- gressing rapidly under the direction of or Dr Earl Douglas of ot the Carnegie institute in charge of or operations on the campus who returned Thursday from a week trip to the coast With the assistance of or John T. T Kay and Golden York excavators at the I Vernal quarries last summer he will chisel out out re specimens mens for the university museum and the state fair exhibitions s Attention Is concentrated now On n. n the mounting of the complete skull of a carnivorous dinosaur the skeleton skeleton ton of which p. p with the exception of ot the tall tail is encased in fn various of the huge sandstone boxes used for transportation Accor According to Dr Douglas the skull when mounted will be a prize specimen since to his knowledge There is not another of its kind in fn any museum in t the world Remains Remain's now being prepared to CO fo exhibition are the part patt of ot the tall taU of ofa ofa ofa a a part of the he backbone backbone backbone back back- bone showing five rib Joints of t the largest dinosaur In the lot loti the shin bine bino and part of or the femur remur and tarot foot of a n. brontosaurus stretching twelve feet long and weighing g 1000 pounds when completed and the neck bon bone o ot of a carnivorous dinosaur I These bones may be seen seen in the old od mining building at the the north th of or the campus I