Discovered
in 1867 by a passing pioneer and
collected the following year by an army
surgeon stationed at Fort Wallace,
Kansas, this huge Elasmosaur is
famous for the historic role it played
in launching the
"Fossil
Wars"
of the late 19th Century.
Dr.
Cope’s description of the animal
placed the head at the tip of the tail,
and it was published before he could
stop the presses. Dr. Marsh publicly
pointed out this mistake to the great
embarrassment of Dr. Cope, and their
bitter rivalry began. For over 20
years, their field teams
explored the
West in an intense competition for the
most spectacular new fossils.
The Cope
Elasmosaur is available
exclusively through our
firm TPI.
