Opossum
name: label: Collector
content: W. Shirey
label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
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: Cenozoic - Quaternary - Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: This pre-molar is from a large American opossum. Opossums use their teeth as a defense mechanism to scare off predators. This tactic helps to make up for their slow reactions and demeanor. This pre-molar is in fragments, but measures about 1.1cm length and .2cm thick.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Nov 2022
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Florida
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: Didelphis
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51262
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Metatheria, Didelphimorpha, Didelphidae, Didelphinae