Diplodocine Dinosaur
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Object Details
- Discipline
- Paleobiology
- Description
- 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.
- Geologic Age
- Mesozoic - Jurassic - Upper/Late
- This specimen is a cast of Diplodocus fossil teeth in matrix. A Diplodocus is a herbivorous dinosaur with an extremely long neck and body from the Late Jurassic (163.5 to 145 million years ago). On average, a Diplodocus measured 30 meters long and weighed around 15 tons. This cast of fossilized teeth were part of a set of 20-30 teeth located only at the front of the dinosaur's upper and lower jaw. These dinosaurs used their peg-like teeth to eat massive amounts of soft aquatic vegetation. Due to continual chomping on vegetation, this dinosaur frequently developed one new tooth about every 35 days to replace an old worn down tooth.
- Number of objects in this record
- 2
- Record Last Modified
- 26 Oct 2023
- USNM Number
- EO53199
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Is this real?
- No, it's a cast.
- Scientific Name
- Diplodocus
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Reptilia, Diplodocidae, Diplodocinae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10023355
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b398b5b-4673-46f8-b392-d7de28cbcc88
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