Educational film presents the history of the tetrapods from the Triassic period and their evolution toward becoming mammals. Includes footage of paleontologists excavating an area of Ischigualasto, the Valley of the Moon, San Juan Province, Argentina, and reconstructing a cynodont. Film was shot around 1964 and released in 1965.
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Collection Citation:
The Jorge Prelorán films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for film preservation and finding aid provided by the Latino Center, Smithsonian Institution.