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