Manatee
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: Notes
content: This specimen is a molar fragment from a manatee, an herbivorous marine mammal and living species of the Dugongidae family. Manatees have only hind molars to chew any sort of vegetation which results in hind molar progression. A worn out molar will fall out from the front row and a new molar from the back moves up the jaw as a new one emerges in the back. This molar is about 2.5cm thick and measures 3cm x 2cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Apr 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: Trichechidae
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50861
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata, Sirenia, Trichechidae