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beaked plant-eater
Probrachylophosaurus
Say it like this: “pro-BRAK-ee-LOH-fo-SAWR-us”
Probrachylophosaurus bergei
Probrachylophosaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2015 · Freedman Fowler, E. A.; Horner, J. R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 10 m · 33 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Judith River
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
In 2015, E. A. Freedman Fowler and J. R. Horner published the name Probrachylophosaurus. The name means “before Brachylophosaurus.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Probrachylophosaurus at a length near 10 m.
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