Sauropod Dinosaur
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Lower/Early
label: Notes
content: Cast of a tooth.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is the cast of a tooth from an Astrodon, a Sauropod or herbivoroous, long-necked dinosaur, which is now extinct. The star-shaped Astrodon teeth were the first findings of this specimen. Their shape influenced the naming of the new sauropod. This tooth is 1.5cm thick and measures 4cm x 1.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2021
label: Stratigraphy
content: Arundel
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Maryland, Prince George's County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Astrodon
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52749
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.