Saurolophus

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Saurolophus was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 74 to 70 million years ago

Related Information & Resources

• Asian Dinosaurs - Saurolophus lived in North America and Asia.
  
  
• Cretaceous Period - Saurolophus lived between about 74 million years ago and 70 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period
  
  
• Dinosaur Names
  
  
• Dinosaur Types
  
  
• North American Dinosaurs - Saurolophus lived in North America and Asia.
  
  
• Ornithischian Dinosaurs
  
  
• Ornithopods
  
  
• Saurolophus Pictures

Saurolophus Facts

1. Saurolophus was a genus of dinosaur.
   
   
2. "Saurolophus" means "crested lizard". This name was chosen by Barnum Brown in 1912.
   
   
3. Saurolophus was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Saurolophus was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
   
   
4. Saurolophus was a Hadrosaur (usually known as "duck-billed dinosaur") - a member of a group of related herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaurs that were very successful in the Cretaceous period.
   
   
5. Saurolophus lived between about 74 million years ago and 70 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
   
   
6. Saurolophus lived in North America and Asia.
   
   
7. Saurolophus was a herbivore (plant-eater).
   
   
8. North American species of Saurolophus were about 30 feet (9.1 meters) long, whereas Asian species were about 39 feet (11.9 meters) long.

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