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Lophorhothon
Lophorhothon
- Pronunciation:
- lof-oh-roh-thon
- Name meaning:
- 'crested nose'

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- 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, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Hadrosaurinae
- Named by:
- Xu, Makovicky, Wang, Norell and You (1960)
- Type species:
- atopus

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