Redpath museum fundraiser Help us publish a gallery guide The

Redpath museum fundraiser 2008 Help us publish a gallery guide! The Redpath Museum is creating a guide to the exhibits in the Dawson Gallery. The guide will cover billions of years of history, from some of the first life to the diversity of creatures that you can find in your own backyard. This book will cover everything from fish to dinosaurs, from the strange early life found in the Burgess Shale to modern flowering plants. It will be the first gallery guide that the museum has produced. 18 s al O th ne o th e or f th by e do igin e m THE no the min of m ost MCGI im u LL CO a p In the p NNEC sta rish res nt am summe profes m or TION nt e a ge sor, Th r of 1924, stio bo their nce nim als tant Burge a McB omas. Th ss Gil . d o a Summ Shale as H. Clark, oltgeolog on e a h n o y te you f m ls o Mam even y an ass re visited m larg nce He col er School istant p m ng am n E the t in t bir f in ode e sto pe shipp lected ove the Caorig to ile Ha ds foo . a m s in nadian the rva m sec rn anim rs o r 100 ed bac st a d th ratu Like mar rth als, t k to the specim in Rockies. rd n be als ts an lizard al f m h ens o y in he h t d Redp an twe had d s pre am fa a ath Mu which het h c m at re bir g od Marell er d p en lon othe of c y. In mals seum.m ad am is b . Th ds, land ay. lud isto a splen bit ro th ge r om c w ute e v e nio d e T in ry o r s m s m r m dens A ided bac jaw mall para ntra ere th . te ive als oken y ac am , wit hey g hu of an amm e fo tem a la k o s a art ble st, larg s, rg h li f Sith nd h s th e im a rc p ap ed evo do iev ma h w are ma fe w als ls e o ora rger dneyla rop ize e e r an e s ia e t ls d n h pr fro lve wn of are f m l op are ku rge ods , pro arlie d p h ic ist s, as h ox th ca us en a o ll a ca . 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T s s rnin un, the rge were ebra as ea mo he p uch g, so area blo pro e th rly ns re as an tha o o a an tra se cro d s t th f th d v bab t ext e ly ce tes nc o sto th e o cod be ese e bo ssels us end , rs e im f th ile mo anim dy . S ed ed had e of u to li re e s m po rmo spe eff als xpos ch su ke a elon am rta re nd e co e a la pp s ga m nce gu m ctiv uld d to rg ort ail ted als o la uc e e f th tor h ti pre hea the surf a we . erm sail me dato t up rad ac b e al s in in rs. rap ient re p the M id gu ely s o ly lati co un dern on sau ba in rs skth e 20 ian o h e hib , PH len lants en w and ear as ud an ian dern d e ske nor fr 180 m als, m pp many parts of the northern United States. The exact cause of glaciation is IBIA ll, s p re le disa lled by mid ed s gro o e NR of ta rn-like everg fi , hu but ly to not knownrden the temperature had dropped progressively due to the formation ups scend tons o m wh illion EPR sts , on were eady ter ha films as fe ye ic ,m f a OD nced they of st polarare ice cap in the Arctic. Fore th of tion w nts. d a a la akin nts in fossil h am ars a UC adva y as il an which them w go on s TIO g it m edly pidl st so at, e of gro vegeta ng pla N diffi any fe of the g the . Yet, peat t as ra moi of pe . Som ots. ri w m ea cult as re ou rich, beds ssilsTHEroLAURENTIDE ICE SHEET atu WHO BECAME EXTINCT? Thden flowe o and as e se nk ab ring fo res rliest any g e do n to d rk o e th The of sa ed fe ot kno rou etrtru ago, which life, of mulat dance tree ba ete , but then youn By the end of the Pleistocene the following types p t ars , of cu rm im g abun ns D n ye basins r plan ns ac ine are ve wn fro s of them optero of th of mammals were all extinct: all the great trunked an catio se illio fo mai e and g the ry fins , but n, clos oste re us left petrifi 0 m inland ideal animals other than elephants worldwide, mammoths in toen ol so ir re diffe s and pic . ct ere tting ro to 29 to the Eurasia, saber-toothed larv or lim primiti ely re epifo North America and northern yo re lati al st bs rm 310 flowed that w rtly ro rbonifee perfe ron ter bark se ve Le ung N ons nt out s rè end ps its pa e Ca s ar cats, cheetah-like hyenas, and hyena-like dogs, early had to age , but w Carb mbled fish th ou gn d ab hatc O am e de hip on of ith at the us, stream swam at ido he of th ther D aped ia. s re giraffes and giant hyraxes. South America lost its am stou have a ong ex ife . ad w Lep PLE and glyptodonts. d at a pt OrboniferoOther ries of dance thplants ems. O d-sh a Scot t lim bo prim tern rous am ults ere an ile phib R large ground sloths T st s, very t. se bs dy sh itive al gills mon ov un nd ra In phib in th cestra HO and tri Dia ou, N imm tory ians ap e ETCa dimen a vast ch ab al, la es and . am ns l Late DO èq A ve atur gass mus verteb e appr phib One of ians ha shape to am ue Pict the M se was in su of co leav NT , 19 e st es to t have ra ph ians of op d th ing DI with lt ians ry diffe ew beds ud as 90 IDS age. pa m e reas distin their ibians g Dur them e resu n gr be e ne riate m th re Earth System History, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1999 eo i Fro ri g kl wit s and gi h oo o? n kno a fos salam s l ag of s a w rPale the il reco nders st ars mo s nde . rd re eu sala ozoic pecific goin are am de fus vines r am fo n ye ma ro g from nd ph nature g back ong th inIceo Age ap rn es id lio of th to th e m ove creep us tre tho ers re ibians d b am se e Ju ost eir uo About 18 000 years ago, during the last period of the Cenozoic, almost 1/3 of of semb they se a and at mil old le th evo relati rassic familia ph s ro etails t decid er a lv o tree ors u the Earthams covered by glaciers. Thick layers of ice covered 97 % of Canada was Wh 300 ib mp eir m ed. T nship , som r anim stre d AM der itho ,h ke Th am m 26 Glaciation ph 2 ibi W aN S st RS s, to ha apple rces D DIVE pears hout INS AN A world witplant food souracted ? t att n : ORIG plants commo owers tha ANTS fl ering the G PL make ut flow s? All of ERIN lity to witho rrie world or bluebe d the abi fruit. 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By appe ag rms, years es had giospe ili illion , or An out 124 m plant fam groups ap plants ering us, ab ion of ering Flow etaceo o most flow r extinct rly Cr ajo ag no m the Ea n years then, illio since 65 m d and occurred. evolve ve ITY te ? o s an at i s e ang Th HO d n an a cya de n as oxi ge oxy in d d tio fille itus. Th geta s form nd an detr ate. Ve Beside fine sa clim coal. left in into rbon of ca lan d E FO In 190 SSILS Smith 9, Charles DISC sonian D. OVER the tra Institu Walcott, wh ED? il tio o and ove known as Bu n, was ret was Secret rgess urning like lus rturned ary of a Pa he we trous film slab of arg ss. His wif from field the nt bac work on the illite, shale on reveal e’s horse k above to British bedding slip ing fos quarr the tra Colum planes. sils pre ped y il. He Th bia an anim , finding exc d fou e next sumssed 65, als nd the 70 gen with the 000 spe avated for mer, bed cim five mo era an d 130 st delica ens of exq seasons of black te ske specie at uis s of the letons. itely pre the Burge Walcott served ss for descri ms. bed 44 OD OP LYC s du to ap H ef the w ar ja fect too ticu op w cl ive th la of enin osin angl row tion th e ja g p g m e of to p is b w rovi usc atta rovi elow m des les. ch de th usc m a e les. spac The en mo leve e fo tem t fo re l r ex po r the pan ral sio n RS U SA CO LY PE S sp In the Pleistocene, the s, aria . Joggin continents were posiStigm d root . tioned as they are today. po ia However, the shape of Lyco a Scot the landmasses varied as Nov the continental ice masses withdrew and receded from the poles. For example, a temporary land bridge, called Beringia, appeared between present day Yukon Territory, Alaska and Russia. Beringia s climate was too dry for ice sheets to form and this vast treeless tundra sup38 ported a variety of large animals including mammoths. 15 4 La Cast of skull of this Pleistocene dog from the0 Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California. HOW WERE TH 60 Perm Sala ian re man lativ der e of Jaw art icu lati on Here are some sample pages that we’re working on Help us create our gallery guide! Donate generously and be part of this event; donations of 50$ and more will be acknowledged in the book I would like to donate: 25$ and receive one free copy of the guide 50$ and receive one free copy of the guide with an acknowledgement by name 100$ and receive two free copies of the guide with an acknowledgement by name Other amount: _________ Name ________________________________________________________(as it will appear in the book) Address _____________________________________________________________________ Phone(______)________________ Email __________________________________________ Please enclose a cheque made out to Redpath Museum/McGill University and mail to: Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6 y ar Libr . y ar Libr BERINGIA n lia stra Au ge ita Her o ot Ph o ot r Ph l Ai na io Nat root ing read club lly spch as tera d la ts su ks an plan EF trun l forest AG der al AL slen e sm s. CO with y ar ees ts toda nd pine nt tr Gia cendan d grou Des ses an mos s. ES OR TS lla rk This ice cap moved south and joined with valley glaute of ba ft. ciers that had expanded in thers the le mountains to ia sc laye western. on ia illar form the Laurentide Ice Sheett (in blue on the map). Sig differentrmos a Scot te ov e This blanket of Thre was ou deep as 3 kilometres in ice the as ins, N with h Jogg some regions and compressed the land beneath it. ut So ta ay cess ss in en fo fi ct nt pa ary r aqua have ons fo larv ns an , illus and very tids ing am maine ttern out smal for su tic lo been r the al stag d coul trated egg lay th phib d sm of de that evol es by by di l (le pp d co ffusi ss th ort an motio the ution , with swim Euseggs and at eir eggs ians, all as velopm ou lik adul on. an 10 d m n pr hatc en on the the are no hatc hlin of a di t paire e Such m ovem ior hing land family ts, as t was stin d la low water en to th gs sm m in ing , bu rger th appe and th Pletho is the possib diam t on e de would ct all stag eggs land ve case le mos t th ha an ar lik e yo do et wou er), in . Th lopmen ve ians e. Dire t of e yolk thos e min ung ntidae for for am ld ha or e eg , bu t ct de deve is la e of iatu deve . Man one gr phib cm othe t th rg lo ve ha der fo gs of re ve lo y evol in skul ey ar lopm pmen e rela r am s of th p quic plethooup d lit r resp tive utio l-tru e lim ent t to phib e ad kly dontle ses oc to th yolk iians ults in th can n of la nk leng ited in on la cur e e , rger be Mammoth molar from .the thei nd is in ofetheze that . Their Pleistocene th si Yukon th exch Larg r bo thus eg of th deve eg territories. ange gs, g, lo e er dy si poss with adul p in d m which size is ze to ible fo out a t, alore ca le larv effe n on only Canis dirus po ss th r am al ly ctiv ely occu ssible an ab phibthan r if ou th by di respira roug t 10 ffusi tory h the on. gasPlet hodo ntid sala man der of molar Mammoth liv at re p ios erm ae ang iosp ? erm