M0008864: Dorsal vertebra of platecarpus

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Dorsal vertebra of platecarpus, a cretaceous

Reproduction of a photograph of the dorsal vertebra of platecarpus, a cretaceous Mosasaur from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. Published in Moodie, Roy Lee: Paleopathology: an introduction to the study of ancient evidences of disease Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois press, 1923.

March 1943

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.