Hadrossauro
Sign in to saveHadrosaurus (; ) is a genus of hadrosaurid ornithopod dinosaurs that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous Period in what is now the Woodbury Formation in New Jersey about 83.6 to 77.9 million years ago. The holotype specimen was found in fluvial marine sedimentation, meaning that the corpse of the animal was transported by a river and washed out to sea. Some fossils are found in the Tar Heel/Coachman Formation.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Hadrosauridae
- Image
- Hadrosaurus reconstruction.jpg
- Length
- 9.0
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- taxon name
- Hadrosaurus
- Commons category
- Hadrosaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 鴨嘴龍屬
- start time
- 80500000-0
- end time
- 78500000-0
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- United States
- main food source
- herbivore
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Article · Português
Hadrosaurus (do latim "lagarto bico de pato") foi um dinossauro herbívoro e que viveu no fim do período Cretáceo. Habitou a América do Norte, tinha de 8 a 10 metros de comprimento, 4,6 metros de altura e pesava cerca de 3,2 toneladas. O primeiro esqueleto parcial de Hadrosaurus foi encontrado em 1858 por em escavações de um depósito de calcário em Haddonfield, Nova Jersey, Estados Unidos.
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