Sauropod Dinosaur, Camarasaurus Tooth
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1883
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
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 - Jurassic
label: Notes
content: Casts of a metatarsal, a phalanx, and a claw.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a cast of a metatarsal (hind foot bone), a phalanx (foot bone) and a claw from a Camarasaurus. Camarasaurus, now extinct, were Sauropod dinosaurs known as the most common long-necked and long-tailed herbivores. The front limbs bore five toes with a large claw on the middle toe. The metatarsal is 5cm thick and measures 8cm x 5.5cm. The phalanx is 6cm thick and measures 18cm x 9.5cm. The claw is 3.25cm thick and measures 12cm x 8cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 3
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2020
label: Stratigraphy
content: Morrison
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Colorado, Fremont 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: Camarasaurus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52715
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Camarasaurinae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.