Elasmosaur
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 - Upper/Late
label: Notes
content: This specimen is a tooth cast from Plesiosaur Cimoliasaurus, marine reptiles known for their extremely long necks. This reptile is a member of the Elasmosaur genus, which is now extinct. There were approximately 20-25 teeth, as this cast shows, on the upper and lower jaw. This cast has a 1.5cm diameter at the base and is roughly 5cm tall.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2020
label: Stratigraphy
content: Severn
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: Cimoliasaurus magnus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51330
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Elasmosauridae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.