hi-PAK-ro-sawr-us
"Nearly the Highest Lizard"
-hollow-crested HADROSAUR
-resembled Corythosaurus but had a larger and less rounded crest
-long spines on its vertebrae gave it a high ridge down its back
-30 feet (9 m) long
-fast-running BIPEDAL
-HERBIVORE
-one of the most abundant animals of Late Cretaceous Baja California; fossils also found in Alberta, Canada
Classification: Hadrosauridae, Ornithopoda, Ornithischia
Back to Barnum Brown
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