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Lophorhothon
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A disarticulated skull and skeleton belonging to Lophorhothon have been found.
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- Pronounced
- lof-oh-roh-thon
- Meaning of name
- crested nose
- Length
- about 4.5m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(84 - 71 million years ago) - Found in
- USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Hadrosaurinae, Lophorhothon
- Named by
- Xu, Makovicky, Wang, Norell and You (1960)
- Type species
- atopus