Parasaurolophus
Description
Parasaurolophus is a genus ofornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now North Americaduring the Late Cretaceous Period, about 76.5–74.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore that walked both as a bipedand a quadruped.
Parasaurolophus was a hadrosaurid, part of a diverse familyof Cretaceous dinosaurs known for their range of bizarre head adornments. This genus is known for its large, elaborate cranial crest, which at its largest forms a long curved tube projecting upwards and back from the skull.
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Fact file
- Pronounced: pa-ra-saw-ROL-off-us
- Meaning of name: like ‘Saurolophus’
- Length: 11m
- Weight: 3500kg
- Teeth: beak and toothed jaws
- Diet: herbivorous
- Food: pine needles, tree leaves
- How it moved: on 2 or 4 legs
- When it lived: Late Cretaceous
(76 – 74 million years ago) - Found in: Canada, USA
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Euornithopoda, Iguanadontia, Euiguanadontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Iguanodontoidea, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Lambeosaurinae, Parasaurolophus
- Named by: Parks (1922)
- Type species: walkeri