Sauropod Dinosaur
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
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 - Lower/Early
label: Notes
content: Casts of two metacarpals, a phalanx, and a claw.
label: Notes
content: These casts are of two metacarpals (hand bones), a phalanx (foot bone), and a claw from the forelimb of an Astrodon nanus, a Sauropod, or herbivorous, long-necked dinosaur that is now extinct. Each metacarpal is about 2.75-3cm thick and each measures 11cm x 3-4cm. The phalanx is 2.25cm thick and measures 2.75cm x 2cm. The claw is about 1.5cm thick and measures 5cm x 3.75cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 4
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2021
label: Stratigraphy
content: Arundel
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Maryland, Prince George's 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: Astrodon nanus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52745
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.