Sauropod Dinosaur
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southwest (NM, AZ, UT, NV)
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
label: Notes
content: Cast of a cervical vertebra.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a cast of a cervical vertebra from an Apatosaurus, a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, which is now extinct. This dinosaur had a long neck and tail measuring approximately 23 meters in length. While most mammals have only around 7 vertebrae, there could be up to 19 cervical vertebrae in an Apatosaurus spine. This vertebra is 10cm thick and measures 24cm x 18.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Nov 2021
label: Stratigraphy
content: Morrison
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Dinosaur National Monument north of Jensen, North America, United States, Utah, Uintah 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: Apatosaurus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52711
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Diplodocidae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.