The picture post by Lacovara on Twitter
.@PhillyArtGirl http://t.co/4RweuDBGB2 pic.twitter.com/tAYfrVFNZm”
— Ken Lacovara (@kenlacovara) September 5, 2014
Twitter account: Kenneth Lacovara, an associate Professor of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science at Drexel University.
Most animal fossils are found as isolated bones and teeth, rather than complete skeletons. The missing bones might have been destroyed by predators or scavengers as they fed on the animal, swept away by floods, fractured under heavy sediments after burial, or broken while eroding out of the ground.
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh is a collection of four distinctive museums: Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum. The Carnegie's Centennial Gallery, with its Hall of Dinosaur is a popular attraction for paleotourists.