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Prosaurolophus
© Berislav Krzic
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Prosaurolophus is known from the skeletons of 24-29 individuals, some articulated (the bones were joined as they would have been in life).
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- Pronounced
- proh-sore-oh-lof-us
- Meaning of name
- before lizard crest [Saurolophus]
- Length
- 7.6m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(77 - 75 million years ago) - Found in
- Canada, USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Hadrosaurinae, Prosaurolophus
- Named by
- Brown (1916)
- Type species
- maximus