Theropod Dinosaur, Oviraptor
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: Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Upper/Late
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a replica of an egg from an Oviraptor, a small bipedal and bird-like theropod dinosaur that is now extinct. This omnivorous reptile was wrongfully identified as an "egg thief," but recent evidence proved the fossilized eggs the Oviraptor skeletons were found next to were actually Oviraptor eggs. This egg (without the base of the cast) is 4.5cm thick and roughly measures 15.75cm x 7cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Sep 2018
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: Oviraptor
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401210
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Gnathostomata, Reptilia, Avetheropoda, Oviraptoridae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a replica.