Object Details
- Discipline
- Paleobiology
- Region
- US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
- 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 - Lower/Early
- Casts of a proximal portion of a tibia, a phalanx, and a claw.
- This specimen is a cast of a proximal portion of a tibia (lower leg bone), a phalanx (foot bone) and a claw from a Theropod dinosaur, a carnivorous bipedal reptile that is now extinct. The tibia is 7cm thick and measures 15cm x 10cm. The phalanx is 2cm thick and measures 5.25cm x 3.5cm. The claw is 2cm thick and measures 6cm x 3.25cm.
- Number of objects in this record
- 3
- Record Last Modified
- 3 Nov 2021
- Stratigraphy
- Arundel
- USNM Number
- EO52742
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Is this real?
- No, it's a cast.
- Collecting Locality
- North America, United States, Maryland, Prince George's County
- Scientific Name
- Theropoda
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Saurischia, Theropoda
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10022187
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/307846b8d-4e03-4b5a-baf3-36f8170039bb
