Nodosaurid Dinosaur
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: Notes
content: This specimen is a cast of a shoulder spike from a Nodosauridae. A Nodosauridae was a short and wide dinosaur with an armored back that lived from the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous (163.5 to 66 million years ago). This dinosaur had a rounded skull with protective spikes on the neck and shoulders to fend off predators. This spike is 10.75 cm thick and measures 33.5 cm x 22 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2023
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: Nodosauridae
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401211
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Reptilia, Ornithischia, Nodosauridae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.