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hello everyone Based on Talbot's first examinations of the fossil, she goes on to assume the specimen in the American Journal of Science as carnivorous based on specific characteristics the fossil possesses. Talbot assumes that based off of the specific lengths of its pubic bone. (Claire)

unofficially classified as a carnivore, not herbivore as stated in the article (dates are not consistent as the article said to be in 1910 when the article "classifying" it as carnivorous was published in 1911). (Claire)

Mignon Talbot was the first woman to describe a non-avian dinosaur as the Podokesaurus holyokensis which is its own unique kind. Podokesaurus means 'swift-footed lizard'. The animal would have lived during the Pliensbachian and Toarcian stages of the early jurassic epoch. the large body of rock where the specimen was found likely originated from an outcrop in Massachusetts. Podokesaurus was described in 1911 which was almost 10 years before women could vote in the United States. Podokesaurus becomes not only important in understanding the paleoecology of early jurassic ecosystems, but also an important figure in American history. . (Jenna P)

After her discovery, Talbot urged that the fossils of the coelophysoid dinosaur Podokesaurus holyokensis, also know as the swift-footed saurian, should be transferred to Washington or New Haven; but her request did not go through due to the decision of a higher authority. Landing the partial skeletons at Mt. Holyoke College. (Mide)

Talbot's description of her Podokesaurus holyokensis fossil findings was published in The American Journal of Science in June 1911. In her publication she says, "In a bowlder of Triassic sandstone which the glacier carried two or three miles, possibly, and deposited not far from the site of Mount Holyoke College, the writer recently found an excellently preserved skeleton of a small dinosaur the length of whose body is about 18 cm. The bowlder was split along the plane in which the fossil lies and part of the bones are in one half and part in the other. These bones are hollow and the whole framework is very light and delicate". Talbot goes on to explain that she found most of the bones of the specimen intact in the fossil apart from it's missing skull and it's detached tail, which she found a few centimeters away from the rest of the skeleton. Talbot also found three thin bones near the tail, which she believed could possibly be part of the specimen's skull. (Amanda)

Unfortunately, it was destroyed in 1916. 8 years after the lab was destroyed, the geologic collection grew under her watch.