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From the Museum archives: “Dr. Barnum Brown with mounted Pteranodon, at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1938.“ Taken by Charles H. Coles, this image combines two of our favorite things: pterosaurs and Barnum Brown. 

Learn all about Pteranodon longiceps, perhaps one of the most recognizable pterosaurs, which lived about 85 million years ago, then watch a video about Barnum Brown, the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex.

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