Hypacrosaurus
Sign in to saveHypacrosaurus (meaning "near the highest lizard" [from Ancient Greek ὑπο- hypo- "less" and ἄκρος akros "high"], because it was almost but not quite as large as Tyrannosaurus) is an extinct genus of duckbill dinosaur similar in appearance to Corythosaurus. Like Corythosaurus, it had a tall, hollow rounded crest, although not as large and straight. It is known from the remains of two species that spanned 75.0 to 69.5 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada, and Montana, United States, and is the latest hollow-crested duckbill known from good remains in North America. It was
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Hadrosauridae
- Image
- Hypacrosaurus skeleton.jpg
- Length
- 9.0
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- taxon name
- Hypacrosaurus
- Commons category
- Hypacrosaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 75000000-0
- end time
- 67000000-0
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Canada
- main food source
- herbivore
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Hypacrosaurus (gr. "lagarto casi más alto") es un género con 2 especies conocidas de dinosaurios hadrosáuridos, que vivieron a finales del período Cretácico, durante el Maastrichtiense y Campaniense, hace aproximadamente entre 75 a 67 millones de años, en lo que hoy es Norteamérica. La especie tipo es Hypacrosaurus altispinus fue descrita en 1913 y la segunda especie es Hypacrosaurus stebingeri recién en 1994.
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