Re: The Pratt Museum

["Larry Febo" <larryf@capital.net>]

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From: Steve Brusatte <dinoland@lycos.com>
To: larryf@capital.net <larryf@capital.net>; dinosaur@usc.edu
<dinosaur@usc.edu>
Date: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: The Pratt Museum

>
>Hello!
>
>When I was there last summer I didn't have a chance to check out
Hitchcock's cabinet because I did not have reservations (they were very hard
to come by during the summer).  I would think that you could obtain access
by contacting the curator.
>
>There is a hell of a lot to be seen naturally :-)  Snow may be a problem,
but there, for starters, is the Mt. Tom trackway.  Philidor probably knows
more, as he lives in the area.  I would definitely check out Weishampel and
Young's book Dinosaurs of the East Coast.  All of the major sites, both
museums and those in natural settings, are listed there.
>
>I wouldn't really recommend a night's stay unless you also want to visit
the Peabody and want to spend a lot of time at some of the museums.
>
>Steve
>
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Thanks Steve, and all who answered my query generosly offlist! I will be
making an overnite stay there,(still recovering from surgery, and don`t want
to drive for too long), and will briefly view what I can the following
morning. I realize that to view the whole collection without preparing
myself for what I will see is pointless. I have finally opened what books I
have purchased recently (by Lull and Hitchcock), and realize there is a lot
to absorb on the subject. I will most probably make an extensive stayover in
the warmer months to come.

PS, on scanning the web, I became aware of even earlier strata containing
what may be theropod footprints from the mid-Triassic. ...The "Deep River"
formation in South Carolina? Does anyone know if that area is accessable to
hiking and viewing?

"Let it rain,...let it pour. Let it rain,...a whole lot more..cause I got
them Deep River Blues".....(Doc Watson).