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Astrodon Tooth in Cross Section
Photographer: Joseph Leidy
Caption: Astrodon Tooth in Cross Section
Additional Description: Astrodon got its name (Astro (star) + don (tooth)) from the radial striations visible in this cross section of an Astrodon tooth.
from Leidy Cretaceous Reptiles of The United States, 1865,
Plate XX, figure 10

Submitted: July 31, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p248995
File Size: 0.651 Megabytes

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