Sauropod Dinosaur
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1888
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 a humerus and a radius.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is the cast of a humerus and radius bone of an Astrodon nanus, a genus of the Sauropod dinosaur, which was an herbivorous, long-necked dinosaur that is now extinct. The humerus bone is 6.5cm thick and measures 36.25cm x 12.25cm. The radius bone is 5.5cm thick and measures 29.5cm x 8cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Oct 2023
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: EO52714
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.