Manatee
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
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: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene
label: Notes
content: This tooth is from a manatee, an herbivorous marine mammal and living species of the Dugongidae family. On average, an adult manatee has around 7 teeth in each quadrant out of 2 quadrants total. This tooth (excluding the cork base) is 1cm thick and measures roughly 1.5cm x 3cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2020
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: Trichechus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51259
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata, Mammalia, Sirenia, Trichechidae