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 est un genre éteint de dinosaures ornithopodes de la famille des hadrosauridés et de la sous-famille des lambéosaurinés. Il comprend deux espèces, décrites à partir de fossiles datant du Crétacé supérieur, entre la partie supérieure du Campanien et le début du Maastrichtien, il y a environ entre 75 et 70 Ma. Ses fossiles ont été retrouvés en Alberta, au Canada, ainsi que dans le Montana aux États-Unis.
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