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with 250 eggs and 25 nests, and 35 mammals. The museum is visited 

 by about 1000 persons annually, exclusive of students. 



WYOMING 



LARAMIE: 



UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. Museum. 



Staff. Curator, W. H. Reed, who is also instructor in geology; 

 Curator of the herbarium, Aven Nelson; Student assistants, S. How- 

 land Knight, Eugene Willson. 



Botany. Cryptogams, 5000; Phanerogams, 60,000, including 

 about 400 types and figured specimens. 



Geology. Minerals, on exhibition, 3000, in storage, 5000; 

 Rocks, in storage, 800; Relief maps, models, etc., 2; Economic col- 

 lections, a special exhibit of oils, mostly native to the state. 



Paleontology. Invertebrates, on exhibition, 3000, in storage, 

 1000; Vertebrates, on exhibition, 12,000, in storage, 1000, types and 

 figured specimens, 17; Plants, on exhibition, 300, types and figured 

 specimens, 23. Important exhibits include an eocene camel, several 

 skulls of Titanotherium and many limbs and parts of dinosaurs. Of 

 the latter, a seventy foot specimen, described by Marsh as Moro- 

 saurus grandis, is now being mounted. Since 1895 special attention 

 has been paid to the collection of mesozoic reptiles, field work having 

 been carried on during every succeeding summer, and the dinosaur 

 collection is now one of the largest in America. Among mesozoic 

 reptiles represented in the collection ere Morosaurus, Brontosaurus, 

 I)i plodocus, Ceratosaurus, Aleosaurus, Laosaurus, Camptosaurus, 

 Claosaurus, and types of Ceratodus americanus and robiishis, Megal- 

 neusaurus rex (type genus and species), Cimoliosaurus laramiensis, 

 and Phsiosawus shirleyensis. Among other type material is Cyca- 

 ddla, a new genus of fossil cycad with 21 species. 



Zoology. Shells, 4000; Insects, 5700; Fishes, 650; Batrachians, 

 16; Reptiles, 100; Birds, 780 skins representing the avian fauna of 

 Wyoming; Mammals, 42. 



Historical Sketch. The museum originated in 1888 and has 

 specialized in mesozoic reptiles since 1895. 



Financial Support. By an optional appropriation from the 

 state legislature through the university. 



Building. Erected in 1900 at a cost of $40,000, appropriated 

 by the state. Floor space available for exhibition, 3200 square feet; 



