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Circa Date

1959

Description

The front side of a black and white photograph of students and other field crew excavating the fossil remains of an extinct species of pronghorn antelope (Tetrameryx shuleri) at the Lake Tawakoni - Iron Bridge Dam research site. The fossils were excavated, identified, and preserved under the instruction of Professor Hazel A. Peterson, Earth Sciences Department faculty. [handwritten inscription] Owens, Martin, Fanning, McLaughlin, Sabine Contractor, Holland, Freshman?, Watson, Owens' Son.

Keywords

Echols, Dr. Joan (Betty Joan); Peterson, Hazel A.; Department of Earth Science; ETSC; Texas A&M University-Commerce; TAMUC; East Texas A&M University; ETAMU

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Image

Format

jpg

Department

Special Collections and University Archives

Identifier

2008-177_B007_013_front

Subject

Paleontology; Paleontological excavations; Fossils; College students; Tawakoni, Lake (Tex.); East Texas State College;

Keywords

Echols, Dr. Joan (Betty Joan); Peterson, Hazel A.; Department of Earth Science; ETSC; Texas A&M University-Commerce; TAMUC; East Texas A&M University; ETAMU

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