1933
- The Scarritt Expedition to Patagonia, generously financed by Mr. Horace S. Scarritt, under the
leadership of George Gaylord Simpson left New York Sept. 9th He was accompanied by Mr. Coleman
Williams, as assistant. They arrived in Buenos Aires and plan to proceed by motor truck to northern
Patagonia and spend the summer season (until April 1934) in exploring an area that has previously
visited only by Argentinean collectors. A recent letter from Dr. Simpson reports that he has discovered
over 100 skulls and partial skulls of mammals and a fine collection of penguin bones. Cretaceous dinosaur
work was continued through limited expedition to Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana. Barnum Brown
left the museum Aug. 1st and expected to return in November. Near Harlowtown, MT, a rare discovery
was made, a small carnivorous dinosaur, adult in age. It is approximately 30 inches in length and 15
inches high. The main objective this year was to remove the heavy sandstone covering of the large
herbivorous dinosaur skeletons in the Cloverly Fm discovered in 1932, in preparation for excavating in
1934.
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