Choristodere
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: Canada including Hudson Bay and Northwestern Passages
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
label: Notes
content: This vertebra is from a spine of Champsosaurus, an aquatic reptile that is now extinct. A Champsosaurus shared physical similarities, such as a long snout, to a modern day crocodile, but these two species are not related. This vertebra has a 3.5cm diameter and is 2cm tall.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, Canada, Alberta
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: Champsosaurus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52764
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Reptilia, Choristodera, Neochoristodera