Parasaurolophus

Description

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Parasaurolophus. A herbivore from the Late Cretaceous Era (76-73 Million years ago). There were many fossils found in Alberta , Canada, New Mexico, and Utah, USA. The first fossil records were in 1902, but there was a lot of confusion on if the fossils were from another dinosaur that had been previously found. Once it was 1922 a man by the name of William Parks found a skull and that same early partial bone structure, in Alberta . After putting the pieces together it was proven true that the old fossil record was indeed a Parasaurolophus.

The Parasaurolophus is from the hadrosaurid family which is a very unique family of dinosaurs. Typically the dinosaurs from this group had strange shaped heads. The Parasaurolophus proves no different because it had a cranial crest which looked like a long curved tube projecting upwards and back from the skull. This could've been used for recognition of each other, loud unique sounds, and thermoregulation (control body temperature)

Parasaurolophus Facts:

• You pronounce their name 'para-saw-rol-ofus'.
• The meaning of its name is 'beside crested lizard'.
• They were herbivores.
• They had large head crests they used for trumpeting.
• Their length was up to 10 metres (33 feet)
• They weighed 3.5 tons (about as much as a transit van).

Dimensions

Model Dimensions:
Length: 19.0cm
Height: 12.0cm

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