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.
- This specimen is a cast of a shoulder spike from a Nodosauridae. A Nodosauridae was a short and wide dinosaur with an armored back that lived from the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous (163.5 to 66 million years ago). This dinosaur had a rounded skull with protective spikes on the neck and shoulders to fend off predators. This spike is 10.75 cm thick and measures 33.5 cm x 22 cm.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 19 Oct 2023
- USNM Number
- EO401211
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Is this real?
- No, it's a cast.
- Scientific Name
- Nodosauridae
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Reptilia, Ornithischia, Nodosauridae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_11135310
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0c2502f-1fd9-4e0d-acc4-2b4e82b52fff
