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Circa Date
1959
Description
The reverse 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] Students: William A. Owens, John H. Martin, Sara Fanning, Lucy McLaughlin, Jeff Holland, (unidentified freshman - Pat Kemp?), Owens' son in foreground, Doris Watson; Sabine Authority contractors in background (in hats). Excavation of Tetrameryx shuleri - rare antelope skull at Iron Bridge - Lake Tawakoni research site, fall of 1959, under Hazel A. Peterson, ETSC Instructor (and photographer). (Owens is now well-known author on agriculture and prof. at Columbia Univ.) H.A.P., 1979
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
Type
Image
Format
jpg
Department
Special Collections and University Archives
Identifier
2008-177_B007_013_verso
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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