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beaked plant-eater
Brachylophosaurus
Say it like this: “bruh-KIL-uh-fuh-SOR-uhs or brak-i-LOH-fuh-SOR-uhs”
Brachylophosaurus canadensis
Brachylophosaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1953 · Sternberg, C. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 9–11 m · 30–36 ft
- Weight
- 7 tonnes
- Found in
- Canada · Oldman
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
In 1953, C. M. Sternberg published the name Brachylophosaurus.
Fossils referred to Brachylophosaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Oldman Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Brachylophosaurus at a length near 9–11 m and a body mass around 7 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acristavus
Acristavus gagslarsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ahshislesaurus
Ahshislesaurus wimani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anasazisaurus
Anasazisaurus horneri
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago