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Born January 26, 1884 • Beloit • Wisconsin
Died March 11, 1960 (aged 76) • Carmel • California
Subjects Of Study Indricotherium • cetacean • whale

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Baggage cart being pushed by members of an expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews during one of his several journeys to the Gobi desert between 1922 and 1930. Andrews is best known as the discoverer of fossil dinosaur eggs in Mongolia.
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