The other day I wrote about reconstructions of Camarasaurus made in the 1920's by H.F. Osborn, C.G. Mook, and W.K. Gregory at the AMNH based upon previously collected material obtained by E.D. Cope. Dan Varner was kind enough to send me an image of the reconstruction and to point out that copy of it is in the Rutgers geology museum. When I eventually obtain a new camera I'll take some photos.
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