Lophorhothon

Pronunciation:
lof-oh-roh-thon
Name meaning:
'crested nose'
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
4.5m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 84–71 million years ago
Found in:
USA

A disarticulated skull and skeleton belonging to Lophorhothon have been found.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Hadrosaurinae
Named by:
Xu, Makovicky, Wang, Norell and You (1960)
Type species:
atopus

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