Duck-billed dinosaur, Hadrosaurid
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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 - Cretaceous - Upper/Late
- This partial jaw with teeth fragments is from a Hadrosaurus, a terrestrial reptile that is now extinct. This reptile was the first most complete North American dinosaur skeleton to be discovered and arranged together to display how the species would have stood. Teeth and bone fragments, such as these, were the primary sources of study for this species and many other dinosaurs. This jaw fragment is 4.5cm thick and measures 5cm x 3cm.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 5 Aug 2020
- USNM Number
- EO52779
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Scientific Name
- Hadrosaurus
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata, Reptilia, Hadrosauridae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10022224
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f006bdba-1e52-430f-a047-2cab0c8e7c3b
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