Sauropod Dinosaur, Camarasaurus Tooth
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 - Jurassic - Upper/Late
label: Notes
content: Cast of a tooth.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a cast of a tooth from a Camarasaurus or a Sauropod dinosaur. Now extinct, these dinosaurs were the most common long-necked and long-tailed herbivores of the Jurassic period. Contrary to their fellow sauropods, Diplodocus, the Camarasaurus had robust, rounded teeth to eat tough vegetation. This tooth is 1.75cm thick and measures 9cm x 3cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 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: Camarasaurus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51890
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Camarasaurinae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.