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
- Cast of a phalanx.
- This specimen is the cast of a phalanx (foot bone) from a Theropoda, a carnivorous bipedal reptile that is now extinct. Each foot of this reptile had five digits total, three main digits in the middle and the first and fifth digits reduced in size. This phalanx is 3.6cm thick and measures roughly 6.2cm x 3cm.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 18 Sep 2020
- Stratigraphy
- Arundel
- USNM Number
- EO52744
- 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_10022189
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e46586a6-27ed-4b38-821e-e24a7fd9cc4d
