Augustynolophus

Say it like this: “OHR-gus-TEE-no-LO-fus”

Augustynolophus morrisi

Augustynolophus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 2015 · Prieto-Márquez, A.; Wagner, J. R.; Bell, P. R.; Chiappe, L. M.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 8 m · 26 ft
Weight: 3 tonnes
Found in: the United States · Moreno
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Saurolophinae

The story in short

Augustynolophus was formally named in 2015 by A. Prieto-Márquez and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Augustynolophus date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Moreno Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

Published estimates put Augustynolophus at a length near 8 m and a body mass around 3 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

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Acristavus gagslarsoni

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Anasazisaurus

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