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beaked plant-eater
Gryposaurus
Say it like this: “GRIP-o-SAWR-us”
Gryposaurus notabilis
Gryposaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada and the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1914 · Lambe, L. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 7.5–8.2 m · 25–27 ft
- Weight
- 2.5–3 tonnes
- Found in
- Canada and the United States · Dinosaur Park
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
In 1914, L. M. Lambe published the name Gryposaurus. The name means “hooked-nosed lizard.”
Fossils referred to Gryposaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada and the United States, including the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Gryposaurus at a length near 7.5–8.2 m and a body mass around 2.5–3 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Gryposaurus notabilis. Other named species include Gryposaurus monumentensis and Gryposaurus latidens.
Other species with this name
- Gryposaurus notabilis
- Gryposaurus monumentensis
- Gryposaurus latidens
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