Phytosaur
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
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 - Triassic
label: Notes
content: This tooth is from the mandible of a Phytosaurus, a semiaquatic reptile that is now extinct. These reptiles had a long, pointed jaw with sharp cone-shaped teeth such as this one that were used to catch and eat fish. This tooth is 1.3cm thick and roughly 4cm x 3.5cm since the tooth's tip has broken off.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jul 2022
label: Stratigraphy
content: Chinle
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Southwest Colorado, North America, United States, Colorado
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: Phytosaurus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52766
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Phytosauria, Phytosauridae